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To: one_less who wrote (821838)	12/10/2014 5:21:03 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583507

The problem with drone strikes is that they aren't specific. Far more innocents die than the actual or "perceived" target.

To: one_less who wrote (821838)	12/10/2014 5:47:15 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583507

Less, However, if you are going to compare them, a drone strike is an assault on a legitimate enemy target which can be justified to the extent war itself is justified; where as, torture is ignoble in its very nature. But being blown to bits by a 2,000 lb. bomb isn't "ignoble in its very nature"? The reason why torture isn't justifiable is because it almost never stops any imminent threats, unlike a drone strike which kills the very people that are actively threatening Americans or America's allies. That's why the report went out of its way to conclude that the torture didn't produce any valuable results. Fine, but why make a spectacle out of it, unless you're trying to rile up anti-American sentiment (which the supporters of the report knew would happen anyway)? Are you really fulfilling a moral obligation, or are you just continuing to apologize for America in hopes that the world will like us more? Tenchusatsu