Bernie Sanders Says He Will Not End Drone Program If Elected President
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« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2015, 12:03:00 AM »
maybe this could give Chafee a chance to position himself as the ultimate anti-war candidate.
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« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2015, 12:04:26 AM »
Quote from: DeadPrez on August 31, 2015, 06:20:41 PM
If you think drone strikes that do not avoid civilians are ok, you are a war monger
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« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2015, 12:11:06 AM »
Quote from: DeadPrez on August 31, 2015, 06:20:41 PM
If you think drone strikes that do not avoid civilians are ok, you are a war monger

Sanders seems to be implying that he'll make sure they avoid civilians, although I don't know enough about the subject to know how realistic that is.
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« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2015, 12:13:34 AM »
Drone strikes and the pictures of dead children are the greatest recruiting tool that Al-Quada/ISIS has.
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« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2015, 03:44:34 AM »
Ending the drone program would be a bit stupid, however we should really have a low that says that the drone programs cannot intentionally kill any citizen in the process of killing a terrorist.
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« Reply #30 on: September 01, 2015, 03:55:23 AM »
Quote from: Blair on August 31, 2015, 05:47:41 PM
Isn't Bernie relatively centre left on foreign policy issues?

Foreign policy should not fit the left-right spectrum Tony.
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« Reply #31 on: September 01, 2015, 08:01:23 AM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on August 31, 2015, 09:27:52 PM
Sanders is no peacenik. He's just not a crazy warmonger like Hillary.

You need a new act, it was boring in 2007... It's tedious and hysterical now.

On topic ... good. It's effective if used properly.
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« Reply #32 on: September 01, 2015, 09:04:02 AM »
Quote from: Marokai Besieged on August 31, 2015, 11:10:33 PM
I think completely ending the program would be an overreaction, anyway.

Yea, I totally agree.
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« Reply #33 on: September 01, 2015, 09:09:25 AM »
I don't think ending the program is necessarily a smart move. Drones could be used for many things, not just air bombing.
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« Reply #34 on: September 01, 2015, 09:11:24 AM »
IMO the problem isn't drones , they're a legitimate way of taking out targets-if we didn't use them we'd just use cruise missiles, air strikes or special forces strikes. The problem was that we were using them with extremely shaky intelligence
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« Reply #35 on: September 01, 2015, 09:50:05 AM »
Quote from: ScottieF on August 31, 2015, 06:24:25 PM
Quote from: DeadPrez on August 31, 2015, 06:20:41 PM
If you think drone strikes that do not avoid civilians are ok, you are a war monger

They need to be used responsibly, selectively and with the permission of the nation they are being flown over to hunt down known terrorists. I don't think that makes me a war monger.
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« Reply #36 on: September 01, 2015, 09:52:19 AM »
Good to hear it.  The drone program has saved thousands of Americans from needlessly putting their lives in danger.  Hopefully it is expanded even more in the future.
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« Reply #37 on: September 01, 2015, 09:55:23 AM »
Not surprised. That is all I'll say.
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« Reply #38 on: September 05, 2015, 03:08:01 PM »
If you look at their websites, Sanders doesn't even talk about peace, whereas Chafee has it as his first priority.
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