[quote]roybot wrote:
I understand what you mean. But you can’t make a fair assessment of the collateral damage of remote/drone warfare (an emerging technology that will save lives in the long run) [/quote]
Whose lives will it save though? That of soldiers or innocent civilians?
This nearly sounds like justification for these incidents. I may be misunderstanding your point though. Either way we should never be ok with collateral damage. Being ok with it provides terrorist organizations with plenty of new recruits.[/quote]
Terrorist organizations are already fine with collateral damage; that’s why they’re so successful. It’s not like they don’t kill innocent civilians. [/quote]
not quite sure the rest of the world looks at it the same way.
[quote]roybot wrote:
I understand what you mean. But you can’t make a fair assessment of the collateral damage of remote/drone warfare (an emerging technology that will save lives in the long run) [/quote]
Whose lives will it save though? That of soldiers or innocent civilians?
This nearly sounds like justification for these incidents. I may be misunderstanding your point though. Either way we should never be ok with collateral damage. Being ok with it provides terrorist organizations with plenty of new recruits.[/quote]
Terrorist organizations are already fine with collateral damage; that’s why they’re so successful. It’s not like they don’t kill innocent civilians. [/quote]
not quite sure the rest of the world looks at it the same way.[/quote]
“This is a man who has targeted those that we entrust to protect the public. His actions cannot go unanswered.”
Well seeing as how they don’t do a very good job at protecting the public, seeing as they are shooting the shit out of the wrong vehicles, shouldn’t their actions go unanswered as well.
It seems like they could give a shit about the public and are only worried about their own asses. The spin on all of this is making me dizzy.
I want to see an independent FBI investigation into Dorner’s claims, because anyone who wants a man dead that badly, must have some serious dirt on LAPD.[/quote]
I wouldn’t mind an FBI investigation in light of everything but I don’t think the police forces hair trigger state of mind is really an indicator of department corruption. I think they’re just scared.
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Man… it sure is tuff to slip something past you moderators. I’m going to have to start testing you guys by slipping secret messages in the middle of walls of text.
[quote]roybot wrote:
I understand what you mean. But you can’t make a fair assessment of the collateral damage of remote/drone warfare (an emerging technology that will save lives in the long run) [/quote]
Whose lives will it save though? That of soldiers or innocent civilians?
This nearly sounds like justification for these incidents. I may be misunderstanding your point though. Either way we should never be ok with collateral damage. Being ok with it provides terrorist organizations with plenty of new recruits.[/quote]
Terrorist organizations are already fine with collateral damage; that’s why they’re so successful. It’s not like they don’t kill innocent civilians. [/quote]
Are you under the impression that the United States military is a terrorist organization?
[quote]roybot wrote:
I understand what you mean. But you can’t make a fair assessment of the collateral damage of remote/drone warfare (an emerging technology that will save lives in the long run) [/quote]
Whose lives will it save though? That of soldiers or innocent civilians?
This nearly sounds like justification for these incidents. I may be misunderstanding your point though. Either way we should never be ok with collateral damage. Being ok with it provides terrorist organizations with plenty of new recruits.[/quote]
Terrorist organizations are already fine with collateral damage; that’s why they’re so successful. It’s not like they don’t kill innocent civilians. [/quote]
Are you under the impression that the United States military is a terrorist organization?
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“Shock and awe” is a tactic that is meant to instill emotions that will make it more likely that the political demands of the organization ordering those acts will be met.
Call that what you will.
But, actively planning to take out hospitals and the clean water supply and water treatment facilities in order to spread disease could, seen in a certain light, if one was terribly anti-American…
[quote]roybot wrote:
I understand what you mean. But you can’t make a fair assessment of the collateral damage of remote/drone warfare (an emerging technology that will save lives in the long run) [/quote]
Whose lives will it save though? That of soldiers or innocent civilians?
This nearly sounds like justification for these incidents. I may be misunderstanding your point though. Either way we should never be ok with collateral damage. Being ok with it provides terrorist organizations with plenty of new recruits.[/quote]
Terrorist organizations are already fine with collateral damage; that’s why they’re so successful. It’s not like they don’t kill innocent civilians. [/quote]
Are you under the impression that the United States military is a terrorist organization?
[/quote]
“Shock and awe” is a tactic that is meant to instill emotions that will make it more likely that the political demands of the organization ordering those acts will be met.
Call that what you will.
But, actively planning to take out hospitals and the clean water supply and water treatment facilities in order to spread disease could, seen in a certain light, if one was terribly anti-American…[/quote]
No doubt some of our military’s past speaks poorly. I was only attempting to gain roybots opinion on the matter. This goes back to why I stated we should not be OK with collateral damage.
[quote]roybot wrote:
I understand what you mean. But you can’t make a fair assessment of the collateral damage of remote/drone warfare (an emerging technology that will save lives in the long run) [/quote]
Whose lives will it save though? That of soldiers or innocent civilians?
This nearly sounds like justification for these incidents. I may be misunderstanding your point though. Either way we should never be ok with collateral damage. Being ok with it provides terrorist organizations with plenty of new recruits.[/quote]
Terrorist organizations are already fine with collateral damage; that’s why they’re so successful. It’s not like they don’t kill innocent civilians. [/quote]
Are you under the impression that the United States military is a terrorist organization?
[/quote]
“Shock and awe” is a tactic that is meant to instill emotions that will make it more likely that the political demands of the organization ordering those acts will be met.
Call that what you will.
But, actively planning to take out hospitals and the clean water supply and water treatment facilities in order to spread disease could, seen in a certain light, if one was terribly anti-American…[/quote]
No doubt some of our military’s past speaks poorly. I was only attempting to gain roybots opinion on the matter. This goes back to why I stated we should not be OK with collateral damage.[/quote]
Oh, that one, which happened in Iraq, was intentional.
