Currently in Pakistan, Afghanistan, West Bank and other
conflict zones, the armed drone is the weapon of choice for US, the UK and
Israel. They are popular because the drones can be used remotely without
risking human lives. So popular are the drones that armies from France to China
now have programs to build their own drones.
With their popularity of course comes the criticism of them
being soulless assassination tools. So much so that drone manufacturers are now
not using the word "drone". Instead they are calling the drones “Unmanned
Aerial System” or “Remotely Piloted Aircraft”.
What a total waste of time!
Don’t these manufacturers know that once a name is given to
something, it can’t be changed? Not only that, the people of the world has
common sense. We will call the drones what they are, regardless of the PR! Take
the example of all those “private contractors” the US and the UK employed in
the invasion of Iraq. Everyone in the world called those contractors
“mercenaries” and try as the Americans might, no one in their right mind called
it the “liberation” of Iraq.
I don’t care how determined these manufacturers are in their
efforts to change the name of drones. Drones are well…drones!
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