Death by Drone, Ctd

by Chris Bodenner

Tim Heffernan joins the debate:

I am not sure why [Poulos:] thinks it's better to have our people rather than our robots do ourkilling — because it's more honorable? Produces fewer civilian deaths?Both are reasonable and both are debatable, but I won't speak for himand instead hope he will explain. In any case, to me the reason toprefer human to robotic war is a cold and brutal one: because it bringswar home to the citizenry in the form of the dead and wounded, and...