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he, too, was some mother’s son
one of the bombs hit a terraced house in woolwich and killed a mother and child and the pilot of the plane never knew
what
he’d
done
Published 17th Feb 2022
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17th Feb 2022 2:21am
So pilots seem to think. They're way up there in the air. Bomb away, go home and sleep. They do not see the enemy in front and shoot anybody dead....
Brings up lots of conflicting and interesting questions. The bomber had been a baby with a mother that had loved him and tended to him, yet he has killed another mother and her son.
18th Feb 2022 7:48am
Drone warfare takes this 'distancing' from one's fellow humans to an even more detached level ...
