the number killed isn't a valid measure for the relative morality. (drones can be used justly. torture cannot.)
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Even if drones can, hypothetically, be used justly, what if we decide that their use in Yemen, Somalia, Af-Pak is not just?
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My interest in this question is less philosophical (tho' that has value and interest) than practical, applied to today's wars.
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If I accept your hypo... Look at the torture *lawyers*. Look at lawyers tried at Nuremberg. Consider precise legal ethics rules.
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Or torture v. endless war generally (w or w/out drones)http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/books/review/spiral-by-mark-danner.html …
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Yes--speaks, among other things, to the "success" of the legal taboo on torture (and relative "cleanliness" of drones).
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Because Dems need their lifetime appointment appellate court payoff judges too?
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because liberals prefer ideological to logical consistency
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@ChMadar Because while most liberals are certain their education will produce the right solution, they fail to realize sometimes life -
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@ChMadar gives me only bad our lousy choices and they want a good choice, not realizing they must make the best of the bad choices.
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"We did some things that were contrary to our values. We drone-killed & -maimed some folks" —Yet to be spoken words of
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Liberals aren't gonna condemn Democrat Obama 4 drones executing US citizens w/o trial = conservatives approval of GOP Bush torture.
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Because the Peace Movement's Obama coma is so restful...
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