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Raucous Caucus: The Rise of the Drones
Comments on Stories, posted by Editor, Danville Weekly Online, on Jun 15, 2012 at 9:44 am

If you had reliable intelligence on the location of an Al Qaeda lieutenant in remote Pakistan, and a Hellfire-equipped drone handy, would you kill him with it? What if he was on the road with a bunch of other people you couldn't identify? Blogger Tom Cushing addresses these issues in [Web Link his latest Raucous Caucus].

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, June 14, 2012, 2:04 PM

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Posted by Duffy, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jun 15, 2012 at 9:44 am

Before you leap to a conclusion ask yourself, if the roles were reversed would he kill you?

As to the 2nd question I believe the term is "collateral damage!"

Posted by Dave, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Jun 25, 2012 at 3:37 pm

Exactly, Duffy.

Or you could ask yourself, "What would Jesus do? I believe he said, "Do unto others before they do unto you." Or something like that.

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