re: #137 Gus

The government by necessity gets to keep some secrets. The Manhattan Project was also secret. And that one is somewhat divisive too, but it’s a good thought experiment if you agree that discovery of the A-bomb was inevitable post-War anyway, and that the other nations were also working on it.

But drones aren’t like that. They’re just another way of shooting people, and so we already have the answers to when they are allowed. If it’d be okay to go shoot the guy or drop a bomb on him, fine, but if not, then not.

I’m unconvinced of the efficacy of blowing away random Jihadis in Pakistan. But I know shit about waging war or intelligence or whatever. Maybe it’s really awesome, it just seems brutally futile to me.