A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones

A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones

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by Ann Wright, published on Common Dreams, June 5, 2023

Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions.

Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not follow the lead of the vast majority of countries in the world and sign those treaties. The United States and the other eight nuclear armed countries have refused to sign the treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. Likewise, the United States and 15 other countries, including Russia and China, have refused to sign the ban on the use of cluster bombs. The United States and 31 other countries, including Russia and China, have refused to sign the treaty on the ban on land mines.  Continue reading “A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones”

Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare

Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare

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by Andrew Corbley, published on Antiwar.com, March 7, 2023

Not at any other time in the 21st century has the average American kept up less with the Global War on Terror, and now three presidents later, the questions of legality, productivity, and collateral damage remain as unanswered as they’ve ever been.  Continue reading “Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare”

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