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    Drones are increasingly used for attacks but also raise ethical issues. While they can target terrorists with less risk to soldiers, drone strikes conducted in secret by the CIA result in unknown civilian casualties that are likely underreported. More transparency is needed around drone operations and records to establish proper oversight and accountability. Determining the ethics requires knowing the true results, which currently remain unclear without open disclosure from the government.

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    The Ethics of Drones

    BY: CAROLINE BUTTS

    Work Cited

    Boone, Jon. "US Drone Strikes Could Be Classed as War Crimes, Says Amnesty
    International."The Guardian.
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    INTRODUCTION

    Not exclusively killing machines

    Becoming more and more popular as an


    alternative mode of attack

    Unmanned

    Controlled through satellites from locations


    across the globe

    2002- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and


    Yemen

    Used by both United States Air Force and


    CIA

    http://www.opednews.com/articles/Drone-warfareprotests-May-by-Press-Release-120511-477.html

    Strikes on terrorists

    MQ-9 Reaper: four missiles and laser guided


    bombs

    THE DILEMMA

    Killing when unnecessary

    More destructive than reported

    Deaths of noncombatants

    Operations hidden

    Safer option for US forces

    http://www.anonymousartofrevolution.com/2013/01/drone-warfare-innocent-victims.html

    PROS

    Can program on/hover over specific target to find best


    opportunity to strike

    Ethically tolerated for the United States to protect its citizens

    Kill terrorists who are threats to well-being of US

    Reduce casualties

    manned flight is considered too risky or difficult

    Pakistans Federally Administered Tribal Areas

    The target must be approved by White House, some cases just


    the CIA

    Just War Theory just cause, proportionate

    CONS

    Majority of the operations are unknown to Americans

    http://inserbia.info/news/
    2013/04/washington-march-a
    gainst-us-drone-warfare/

    January 2012 - President Obama finally publicly acknowledged the


    drone war

    Controversy over accuracy of casualty statistics

    New America Foundation and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism


    are trying to keep track of numbers

    Use local sources, some with different motives

    Capture is an option in some cases not used often

    Believed to be less personal, not always as accurate as they claim

    future drone designs look even more unethical

    WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?

    Hard to decide if it is unethical

    Operations unclear

    Casualties are supposedly underreported

    Take away CIAs privilege to attack without White House

    Require government to reveal their records

    Checks and balances

    Look at real results and move on from there

    http://antiwar.com/blog/2013/10/22/human-rights-groups-call-dron
    e-war-illegal-counterproductive/

    approval

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