• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    That’s one isolated metric. This is probably better than sending an army.

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      3 days ago

      It’s a dumb metric as well, seeing as warfare evolves and modern drones were mostly untested before Bush 2.0.

      Bush did the beta testing, it worked. Obama continued their use. It’s like saying more people used iPhones in 2015 than in 2008.

    • Magnum, P.I.@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      How is that better. You do realize this is very sophisticated bombing. Would you rather have a guy run into your house or the house of your family or some super sonic mach 3 drone? What kind of contest is that anyway.

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        3 days ago

        I’d rather have neither. I’m just saying some isolated metric doesn’t give the full picture.

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          3 days ago

          That’s one isolated metric. This is probably better than sending an army.

          Sounds like you were saying getting drone striked is probably better, but English is not my native language so you are probably right

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            2 days ago

            You’ll end up pink mist either way, but a drone strike can be targeted more precisely, so it’s likely to cause far fewer innocent casualties.

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              2 days ago

              A drone strike more precisely targeted than a guy going in? OK interesting. Probably the reason civilian casualties are so low

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            3 days ago

            If I had a gun to my head and was forced to choose whether a ground/army invasion is better than the drone strike, I would choose the latter.

            However, I’d prefer neither happen.