The dire consequence of “the drone,” as I see it removes responsibility and nullifies our Rights against unreasonable search, seizure, and life.
People will be all up in arms about the ‘search and seizure,’ part, but what they neglect to grasp at this point is your inalienable Right to life. The drone is giving way to a hidden Naziesque government. It is not just about the soldiers of war, it is about your local police officer, EPA enforcement agent, IRS Agent or any number of government agencies that seeks to know more about your private life.
Go ahead and attempt to shoot down one of the drones, the next drone they send out to you will kill you because you are now a threat to law enforcement. And all they needed was for you to not submit to the drones sky search of your life.
A while back there were several Americans killed in a foreign land and some here on FR had no problem with Obama ordering their deaths as the government claimed they were terrorists. A few of us diligently questioned the idea of ‘due process’ and curiously would like to know what it was and how they lost their right to face their accusers? The drone kills were not even in a country where we have existing military action happening.
The advent of the drone is not just about the war or soldier. We all should be highly concerned for our own safety.
Some of us suspect the whole purpose for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was to use our tax dollars to develop the technology to suppress a popular uprising among a gun owning populace.
And before you tell me they ‘whupped our asses’ over there and we never really did ‘get a handle’ on them I’ll ask you to remember that the ROE in CONUS will be VASTLY different than the ROE in the sandbox.
Spot on and well stated!