Niebuhr would ask, about drones: \u201cgiven the resentments among local populations,…how many terrorists are we creating for every one we kill?\u201d\u009d What sort of precedents are we creating with a program of \u201ctargeted assassinations?\u201d\u009d \u201cWill targeted assassinations ever eliminate or even reduce the causes of violent Islamic radicalism?\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
So [Andrew] Bacevich thinks that Niebuhr would condemn the drone campaign as ill-conceivedand immoral.<\/p>\n
Yes, after 9\/11 “doing nothing may not be an option,\u201d\u009d but is it the only option? Let the questioning and debate continue, with IRONY not only on our sweatshirts, but as a perspective on what has to be on the minds of the thoughtful. – See more at: http:\/\/divinity.uchicago.edu\/sightings\/niebuhrian-irony-and-drones-%E2%80%94-martin-e-marty#sthash.P1sXnXFg.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Niebuhr would ask, about drones: \u201cgiven the resentments among local populations,…how many terrorists are we creating for every one we kill?\u201d\u009d What sort of precedents are we creating with a program of \u201ctargeted assassinations?\u201d\u009d \u201cWill targeted assassinations ever eliminate or…<\/span><\/p>\n