New Frontiers in Warfare

Before I began my boycott of professional football -- I'm still on the fence as regards the college game -- I would see these advertisements during the games for a video game named Call of Duty.  Personally, I find "games" where you "kill people" appalling.  But both my sons have killed thousands upon thousands of people -- I'm sure some of you have, too (girls, is it possible?) -- and they are both kind, sensitive young men.

But now you can actually kill actual people, remotely, on screen.  And that worries me -- That it will make killing to easy, too antiseptic.  So I guess that I'm heartened, if somewhat disturbed, by an article that recently appeared in GQ (of all places): "Confessions of a Drone Warrior".

It's the future of warfare, I suppose. But it comes at a price.  Are you prepared to pay it?  (Or, let somebody else pay for it while we reap the benefits?