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**DuePew** · 10-12-2009, 06:02 PM

Long before drones fired missiles at them, terrorists were happy to kill Americans where they can find them. So long as we aren't deliberately flying civilian aircraft into civilian targets in an effort to purposefully kill as many civilians as possible, I think we have the moral high ground.

Yes.
Most terrorists (and the ones we are currently in conflict with) practice an morally abhorrent form of warfare-the torture and killing of innocent civilians. It is a cowardly form of warfare. And we are victims of it as 3000 innocent US civilians were killed on 9-11.

We therefore are justified in using predator drones to attack Islamic militants associated with the group which attacked us on 9-11. This includes the Afghan and Pakistan Taliban and Al Qaeda.

It is a "just" war in every form.

[That is not to say that terrorism is never justified-the Jews used it against British occupying soldiers in Palestine-which led to the formation of their own state after the Holocaust. Not saying I agree, but using terrorism to attack those who could otherwise defend themselves-soldiers-is a little different isn't it?]

10-12-2009, 06:02 PM	#25
DuePew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 634 Senior Member	Long before drones fired missiles at them, terrorists were happy to kill Americans where they can find them. So long as we aren't deliberately flying civilian aircraft into civilian targets in an effort to purposefully kill as many civilians as possible, I think we have the moral high ground. Yes. Most terrorists (and the ones we are currently in conflict with) practice an morally abhorrent form of warfare-the torture and killing of innocent civilians. It is a cowardly form of warfare. And we are victims of it as 3000 innocent US civilians were killed on 9-11. We therefore are justified in using predator drones to attack Islamic militants associated with the group which attacked us on 9-11. This includes the Afghan and Pakistan Taliban and Al Qaeda. It is a "just" war in every form. [That is not to say that terrorism is never justified-the Jews used it against British occupying soldiers in Palestine-which led to the formation of their own state after the Holocaust. Not saying I agree, but using terrorism to attack those who could otherwise defend themselves-soldiers-is a little different isn't it?]
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