The Dangers of Drones

Drone use has become more prominent than ever in the last 8 years in the U.S.. The use of drones peaked during the Obama's first term of office, it's highest during 2010. Each type of drone has it's own purpose. Attack drones have been mainly used to eliminate terrorist figures, and spy drones are used for numerous purposes. Although the use of drones is kept secret from citizens for the most part, with what we do know many people would come to the conclusion that the use of drones is immoral and takes the easy way out by looking at only the short term goals.

Those in support of using drones do so for many reasons. A big pro for drones is that there is no loss of ground soldier's lives because drones are operated by remote controls here on the homeland. If there is no soldiers being sent into the field, we save thousands of lives and the "bad guys" who are deemed terrorists are taken out without a drop of U.S. blood spilled. Another advantage to using drones is that we don't need as many soldiers in the army.It makes it more logical to downsize the Army and Marine Corps. The government would save 487 billion.

The use of drone technology is immoral because in the case of spy drones, it invades privacy. Even people who aren't criminals do things they may not want to be on camera. We all have those days where we check our armpits in case we forgot deodorant or other embarrassing things that shouldn't be filmed. Attack drones are also immoral because of the amount of civilian casualties, the people who make the final decision to kill, and the fact that the U.S. attacks these countries without any declaration of war. For every one "terrorist" killed, there is one civilian killed. It is against the rules of war to attack a country without explaining or declaring war. The budget cuts are also a con because there will be tons of soldiers without jobs.