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The moral dangers of dirty work
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Do We All Shear Culpability in the Drone Campaign?
Drones serve the interest of a disengaged public that doesn't want to think too much about the endless wars being fought in its name. The drone case really fascinated me exactly for the reason you're describing, because it is so convenient. It's kind of faded into this background noise. And i think this goes back to a kind of moment in obama's presidency where he had inherited the apparatus of the war on terror. He wanted guantonimo shut down. He wanted the blackside prisons shut down. But there was also a lot of institutional pressure to maintain the status quo"
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