The nomination of President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to head the CIA has a lot of folks talking about drones. Head over to PolicyMic today to see my take on the most recent advances in drone warfare.
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The debate over drone warfare as a counterterrorism tactic is only just beginning to take shape. Drones provide the U.S. with an option for precise long-range strike that poses fewer risks to men in uniform. But they also raise moral and ethical questions that have yet to be addressed. Drones’ relative ease of use and antiseptic nature, along with the ever-increasing reach of the U.S. drone war and expansion of U.S. “kill lists,” has raised questions over the legal and political consequences of such a strategy. The president himself has noted that, “There’s a remoteness to it that makes it tempting to think that somehow we can, without any mess on our hands, solve vexing security problems.”
