My personal standing on US Drone Strikes is that they are an
unnecessary form of violence, which should be stopped. According to statistics,
fifty civilians are killed for every one terrorist. This in itself shows the
flawed concept of drone strikes, since they are evidently missing the target a
majority of the time. I think a level of respect is involved with war, which is
eliminated through using drone strikes instead of sending troops and using
arms. War should be a conflict where both countries fight for a specific goal,
and by simply sending drones overseas to destroy the competition without actual
conflict, it cannot be considered a fair “win.” If it’s terrorists that the
United States aims to destroy through their drones strikes then I believe that
they are being entirely hypocritical, considering the fact that through these
exact strikes, which aim at destroying anyone who spontaneously kills innocent
individuals, they are, themselves, killing innocent individuals.
I think the drone strikes are a stupid idea also! If they were more accurate with the bombings and there were no acts of violence performed on innocent people then I believe they would be a great way to solve on going conflict, however they are causing an increase in casualties with innocent people.
ReplyDeleteThe accuracy of these drone strikes also causes me to question whether or not drone strikes are a good idea for the United States to continue to pursue. I think that instead of sending drones and potentially harming innocent civilians the US Government should focus more on capturing suspected terrorists and attempt to cause the least amount of destruction as possible.
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