re: #59 Eventual Carrion

But really, other than not being manned by actual people inside, how is the drone that much different than a helicopter doing the job?

I think the big thing with drones is that they blur the line between a human taking the “kill decision” and a computer. Now, this line is already blurred in a very similar (some would say identical) way whenever you have computer-assisted targeting, or indeed any technological assistance. But drones illustrate the blurring in a fairly dramatic way, so they become a lightning rod for that debate.