Written by Metje Butler   

I am deeply concerned that Drones are used for killing; Has no one considered the fact that, if the US is engaged in a global war and is free to wage it over any country they (we) feel was threatening, endangering people in it, so too has any other country the right to wage it over our air-space, killing whomever they feel endangered by and anyone near by to that person.

Air-space over another sovereign nation has always been owned by that nation, and we've never had the right to even simply fly over, never mind to send death and destruction by drones.

Is no one concerned about how life here would be, were we under such an attack, the aggressor simply saying it's in their national interests to come here, violate our sovereign space, and kill an enemy while taking out, as well, anyone nearby to where that person is..be it our family members...children, bread-winners, parents, as expendable side-losses ? The world will be in full chaos, no safety anywhere if this continues to escalate.

At one time, the world governments outlawed the use of poisonous gasses (mustard gas, etc ) in fighting wars; now gas is again used, and other lethal pain-creating methods. And the object is to kill, maim, and terrify, regardless of the who the victims are; they need not be combatants.

At one time, too, we prided ourselves in having the capacity to quietly infiltrate for purposes of spying and learning needed information, or more; and we could return to the earlier way, with some attempt at humanity, and internationally outlaw the use of drones for killing individual persons we believe to be a threat.

Should we wage war on local gangs in the US by killing their neighbors ?