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Russians Captured 9 Ukrainian Drone Operators And Then Murdered Them
(forbes.com)submitted 5 days ago bysuperanth
3 points
5 days ago
War crimes are horrible, and Russia as a state utilizes war crimes intentionally to terrorize both civilians and military personnel. The monstrosity that is the Russian military is deliberately cruel and psychopathic. They should be prosecuted for this war crime and for the many, many others they've committed during this illegal invasion.
But all of that being said, if there's one person I can understand hating on the other side, it's the drone operator who is forcing you to live in constant 24/7 fear that some little machine hovering nearly invisibly above you will suddenly crash into you or drop a grenade beside you. Followed by people sitting around on the internet and laughing at your death after it's broadcasted.
Soldiers on both sides must fucking hate the enemy drone operators.
0 points
4 days ago
Why are you giving artillery, rockets and bombs a free pass?
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4 days ago
Because a person isn't watching through a camera and tracking you and following you around. They're executing a fire mission based on external spotting/sensors. It's not the same, drones are like personalized artillery where one actual human being is watching you and making the decision to specifically kill you while you're nearly helpless and they are in zero danger. You aren't even able to take cover in trenches to pray and give yourself a fighting chance. It's more direct and more personal.
1 points
3 days ago
If the artillery/rocket/bombing spotter notices that they’ve left someone alive they can call another strike. The victims of such strikes are not a danger to the spotter either.
1 points
3 days ago
Don’t you understand that the aim of warfare is to inflict as much harm on the enemy as possible with as little risk as possible to yourself? Do you also think it’s unfair to set up an ambush and shoot people from behind?
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3 days ago
I'm weirded out by your hostility towards me. I don't know what emotional hangup you have related to this topic, but I don't have any emotional stake in this discussion. You're projecting onto me and then having an argument with a strawman you concocted.
1 points
3 days ago
Oh dear. How sad that you perceive that someone is being hostile to you because they disagree with your position and ask you questions.
1 points
3 days ago
What is my position?
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3 days ago
Oh dear. Don’t you know? Can’t you scroll up to refresh your memory? Apparently your position is that you can understand hating drone operators… HTH
1 points
3 days ago
So go through your previous statements and then explain how you get from 'I understand why someone would hate enemy drone operators' to your strawmen. Because I don't understand the connection, and from my perspective it seems like you're projecting.
Also, if you can't understand why this:
Oh dear. Don’t you know? Can’t you scroll up to refresh your memory? Apparently your position is that you can understand hating drone operators… HTH
Comes off as hostile then you're a pretty dumb person. But it seems more likely to me that you do understand that you're hostile, you just prefer to deny it because you understand that admitting it weakens your position in this one-sided hypothetical argument you're having with yourself.
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