(February 19, 2015 at 6:34 pm)abaris Wrote:(February 19, 2015 at 6:22 pm)The Reality Salesman Wrote: But as it was pointed out, they may create more separation between us and the button making it easier to do, even when it may not be necessary.
You think the button in an aircraft is more personal? I don't think so. Even the Hiroshima pilots didn't lose any sleep. Drone or aircraft, both operators don't see the the carnage left behind.
It isn't necessarily. There does seem to be a psychological difference between dropping an LGB from 60,000 feet or launching a rocket at a radar blip versus dropping cluster munitions on people from 250 feet or opening up on a crowd with an autocannon. At least there seems to be for me.
I for one am appalled at how easily my government wages warfare, and making it easier and/or cheaper only seems to make it more likely they (and the US public) will find it more palatable.
"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it." - Gen. Robert E. Lee
