Just because someone is a “militant” doesn’t mean that killing him or her is lawful.
Drones Obliterate Shades of Gray Between Militants and Civilians
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Drones: Whatever Became of U.S. Respect for International Norms Prohibiting Assassinations?
The ease with which we’ve accepted drone attacks bodes ill for the future.
If Drone Strikes Are “Surgical,” the U.S. Is Guilty of Military Malpractice
Would that Pakistanis could sue the U.S. government for drone strikes.
As Drones Grow More Precise, Their Targets Become Increasingly Vague
The CIA seems to think the accuracy of drones is an excuse to worry less about who’s targeted.
The New York Times Drones on About the Morality of Drones
Killing civilians is hardly drones’ only crime.
No Wonder So Many Drone Strikes Gang Aft Aglay
There’s a delay between the events on the ground that a drone is target and what a drone operator sees on the screen.
Review: Drone Warfare
Medea Benjamin is one of the founders of CODEPINK, a peace and social justice movement that has been working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and prevent new wars. In her recent book, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, she educates her readers on the growing use by the United States and countries around the world of this no-accountability, remotely piloted aircraft.
The Pitfalls of Presidential Priestliness
One of the most resonant details from The New York Times’ recent feature on the Obama administration’s targeted killing program is the president’s apparent fondness for the writings of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo, two early Christian thinkers who attempted to reconcile the pacifist teachings of Christ with the compromises that leaders must make in their inherently violent line of work. The president, it is suggested, strives to wage a “just war” against militants abroad, exacting only as much violence as is necessary to protect the United States from harm.
Counterterrorism Calculus in Yemen Shortchanging Political Solutions
The White House neither confirms nor denies the air war in Yemen.
Drone Strikes Magically Transform Dead Civilians Into Assassinated Militants
Thanks to fuzzy accounting, civilians killed in drone strikes are liable to be categorized as militants posthumously.