The Drone Wars

[Ilpalazzo]

Originally Posted by MothBalls

This scenario reminds me of an old Star Trek Episode:

A Taste of Armageddon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708414/plotsummary
Quote:
On a mission to establish diplomatic relations, Kirk and Spock beam down to the planet to learn that its inhabitants have been at war with a neighboring planet for over 500 years. They can find no damage and no evidence of destruction. They soon learn that the war is essentially a war game where each planet attacks the other in a computer simulation with the victims voluntarily surrendering themselves for execution after the fact.
You can watch the episode on veoh:
http://www.veoh.com/collection/CBS-S...438381qXfQZhcF

I saw that one. That was a great episode. Imagine how lame that would be in real life. Awww shooot. They got us. Ok they estimate that we lost about a million that time. Line up and step into the incinerator.

whoops bad quote. Thanks

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Ilpalazzo

I saw that one. That was a great episode. Imagine how lame that would be in real life. Awww shooot. They got us. Ok they estimate that we lost about a million that time. Line up and step into the incinerator.

I think you got your quotes mixed up there.

I think that episode's purpose was to show how mankind can become numb to war.

[SteamWake]

The UN with their 'unbiased' point of view has weighed in on the topic.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028...smissilerights