Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Pinpoint Inaccuracy
Kevin Drum and Dan Drezner puzzle over the massive increase in “collateral damage” in the last two decades. They find this puzzling in part because of, in Dan’s words, “a revolution in precision-guided munitions — which, in theory, was supposed to reduce the likelihood of collateral damage.”
Kevin’s theory is that some intentional killing of civilians [...]
