Leave the politics to the politicians. "Robotic" warfare is inevitable. Google 'QF4 Target Drones'. They are beginning to convert them as "slave fighters".

If I 'm on a battlefield in a hole in the ground with all manner of munitions going off around me I couldn't care LESS how the enemy dies. Just as long as they do.

There will ALWAYS be soldiers on the ground fighting and dying. No matter the technology backing them. As long as less of ours die I don't care if robots go in with chainsaws. DOn't fight us, and you won't die.

IF people believe pilots in the states flying drones over seas is somehow cowardice?. You need to bail from the debate now. YOu've got NO IDEA.

StG

No I do not consider the use of combat robots cowardice. I consider it smart. To paraphrase a famous general, you do not win by dying for your cause. You win by making the other SOB die for his cause. If it takes a robot to grant a Jihadi his wish to die for his cause without harming others so be it.

But I am worried about the effects combat robots will have on the propensity to go to war in the first place. Wherever possible I prefer to avoid war.

I also do wonder what effects killing as an office job will have on people.

the Taliban rule lands
where there is no other effective policing.
anonymous hits from the sky will strengthen their support.
robot warfare is only effective
when genocide is the intended outcome.

the urge to murder is phycotic..[and phycopaths clearly have no conscience,..it is well recorded that many troops fight under prozac[and other drugs..[desk jockies would be no different

[all it takes it to dope up the nutters and give them a..'rightous'..justification or fear..[ie their sleeping with your wife..[or chucking babies out of incubators or gassing jews or throwing people off bridges]...the boys club that wants war will soon create the spin to weave their proffitable franchise

and there will allways be thoise simple or insane enough to go to war to legally murder nips/gooks/slopheads/towelheads/etc etc...all you as leader gotta do is give them a lable to give them an inhuman aspect[they all wear glasses and have buck teeth]...

their geneticlly infiriour...their after your job..or invading your wasteland of a country..[for some obscure reason...no doudt soon it will be they are global warming deniers,or when obama trains his 2 million/kid global carbon watcch/green troops..

[in the model of hitler youth or the kid armies we seen in the african states..it will because your parents hit you as a kid..[wether you recall it or not..or they dont recycle..,or make you go to bed early..or wont give you your ritalin...or mandated-medication

but hey..when all hell breaKS LOSE..YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO GOD..I WAS ORDERD TO MURDER..or they were on my land..given to my ancestors..[300 generations ago....im sure he will say..oh thats ok then...lol

one under god,
who is going to protect you,
your neighbour or a public servant in Nevada?

whisling in the wind,..mate i protect myself..[i guess its a radical concept]..for people so full of media driven fear..

i guess the question arises..what do i need protection from...bad governance/over policing...global warming lunatic's...children with ipods..[i couldnt care less about obama and his ..'volenteer's'..i mention it only in passing..let the yanks worry about the yanks.

public servents..are about protecting their mates..[i dont expect that to change anytime soon]...im content to let my neighbours do as they please..[and that they let me do as i please]...we've had the runarround..that passes for public service...good fences make good neighbours..anything on my side i do with as i please

apparently a spade works better than a knife..[and a ball pein hammer better than a gun]..i always been a keen gardener..[and love banging nails into wood]...but perhaps im missing your point..[if so please dont concern yourself..the army trained me well]..and what it didnt teach me i picked up from books