Uk's nutty Law Lord
Independent:
What he and the liberals who support him are saying is that they want the bad guys to be able to avoid being caught by a weapon that has the advantage of persistence. In other words he wants to give the terrorist an advantage they do not deserve. This kind of terrorist rights thinking would make us all less safe.
When you consider that these weapons are the most discriminating in history in targeting their prey, his statement is even more ridiculous.
This is one of the nuttiest stories about UAVs I have seen. There is no material difference between a craft piloted by someone on board and some one in a remote facility when it comes to making a judgment as to whether to use the planes weapon system. This guy is attributing some magical powers to UAVs they do not have.The use of unmanned drones as weapons of war in conflicts around the world has been called into question by one of Britain's most senior judges. Lord Bingham, until last year the senior law lord, said that some weapons were so "cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance".
In an interview with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Lord Bingham compared drones, which have killed hundreds of civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza, with cluster bombs and landmines.
His comments are bound to intensify calls for new international rules to protect civilian populations from arbitrary attacks launched by the pilotless craft.
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What he and the liberals who support him are saying is that they want the bad guys to be able to avoid being caught by a weapon that has the advantage of persistence. In other words he wants to give the terrorist an advantage they do not deserve. This kind of terrorist rights thinking would make us all less safe.
When you consider that these weapons are the most discriminating in history in targeting their prey, his statement is even more ridiculous.
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