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But it's not even clear that drone aircraft are engaged in war in any other than a metaphorical sense, since they are involved in covert assassinations, not any kind of military actions. Thus their killing even of alleged "terrorists" is illegal under international law, not just that of "civilians".

LOL wut?

It's only war if you can see the whites of their eyes, otherwise it's assasination? What about artillery, or bog standard air-dropped bombs?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 04:48:57 PM EST
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Emphasis on "assassinations," not on "covert."

Whether these "terrorists" are actually members of a military organisation engaged in hostilities with the United States of America or any of their allies is very much up in the air (no pun intended).

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Feb 11th, 2010 at 07:41:51 PM EST
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