Eye in the Sky and the Ethics of Drones

by Marjorie Skinner
The ambiguity surrounding the toll of drone warfare is a product and symptom of collective fatigue. We're told it is an exercise in precision, yet we're also aware, at least abstractly, that these operations are causing collateral damage, further shoring up resentment against the United States in foreign lands. The numbers of civilian deaths caused by drones are unreliable and conflicting—which only makes them easier to ignore—but it's clear they're an inevitable