Some Considerations

On to a more touchy topic now.

So apparently most Americans would believe any drone attacks by a foreign power on American soil to be a terrorist attack. As most of you know, the US military regularly conducts strikes of their own on foreign soil, and Americans may wring their hands or cheer on depending on their viewpoint. They may be outraged at the fact the strikes are killing civilians or may be cheering on the death's of the nation's perceived foes. Personally, I have yet to hear a person call such strikes an act of terrorism on our part. Perhaps it has been said before, but it definitely isn't said enough for it to be a mainstream opinion. They are the terrorists if they do it to us, we aren't if we do it to them.

I'm fairly sure a person can pick out the hypocrisy using the above information. So is it an act of terrorism in both cases then? Or is something else entirely?

Some believe such a strike on American soil would be considered an act of war. We would then, once again, hear the tramp of boots and the roll-out of vehicles. If it were an act of war, there are some considerations to be had here.

If as a method of war-waging, the drone is simply a new weapon. It kills people as any weapon does. It kills combatants, and civilians. All weapons are capable of doing so. War in general is reprehensible and I am not defending the act of killing or war, but one must take into consideration the fact that the drone is a weapon and a tool. Weapons have been killing for a long time, all of them.

This post was made to address those who view drone strikes as an act of war. As an act of terrorism, well, I don't have much of an opinion on that.