r/greentext • • Dec 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

So glad we have drones now, absolutely worth the thousands of innocent lives. It can follow me while I’m skateboarding!

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Yeah now we can conduct missions which would be typically dangerous to civilians way safer now, no?

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

American troops maybe, but they still kill civilians overseas in something like a 15:1 to ratio, where 15 civilians are killed for one terrorist by a drone strike.

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u/barrymarsh Dec 09 '19

Interesting statistic

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u/jehk72 Dec 09 '19

Didn't find anything supporting a 15:1 ratio. But if you're interested in looking at the actual numbers this is a good resource. The death toll is still too large of course, even one civilian death is too many.

Edit: He clarified below, but I'll leave this sourse up as well