Drones (specifically, drone attacks by the US)

 

• what it is:  an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control

• US currently sending drones into Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia, mostly to wipe out Al Qaeda as part of ‘war on terror’

• issue:

  • little transparency, especially w/ civilian casualties (CA senator said they were in single digits each year, bureau of investigative journalism reported between 435 and 1385 in the last 11 years)

  • no rules

    • no congressional oversight

    • no judicial review

    • haven’t released their criteria for proving someone is enemy – can basically kill anyone

 

violates right to life of innocents and is unjust

not saying drones are overall a bad method, though they are majorly toeing the line with the idea that someone can be killed from miles away with the push of a button, but it is the way the US is conducting the strikes that is an issue