Are U.S dronetargeted killings within the confines of the law?

[摘要] Equally discomforting is the PlayStation mentality that surrounds drone killings. Young militarypersonnel raised on a diet of video games now kill real people remotely using joysticks. Farremoved from the human consequences of their actions, how will this generation of fightersvalue the right to life? How will commanders and policy makers keep themselves immune fromthe deceptively antiseptic nature of drone killings? Will killing be a more attractive option thancapture? Will the standards of intelligence gathering justify a killing slip? Will the number ofacceptable collateral civilian deaths increase?

[发布机构] University of Pretoria