On May 24, 10:11*am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2008 12:09:49 -0700, gatt
wrote in
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/23/dro...ml#cnnSTCVideo

Death from above. I know guys who gave up $10/hr tech support jobs who
are now flying these things. * Seems tempting, but, I'm tired of the
office life. *On the other hand, at least it would be for a good cause.

-c

It sort of increases the impersonalization the bombing of people. 500#
bombs are targeted from half way around the world by kids. *

How long will it be before something similar is used domestically for
ATF raids and boarder enforcement (or traffic citations)?

* *http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/23/dro...tml#cnnSTCText
* * The newly declassified video shows a 500-pound bomb slamming into
* * a suspected Taliban bunker in southern Afghanistan this year.

* * Another video clip shows a 500-pound bomb, aimed and fired by a
* * pilot at Creech Air Force Base in the Nevada desert, striking two
* * insurgents in Afghanistan as they try to escape on a motorcycle.

2 observations: Does it really warrant a 500# bomb to kill 2 men and
second how do they know they are not just civilians, -were they armed?
This sort of video war game is very very dangerous because it
dehumanises the act of killing.

Cheers