Comments on: Technology lessons from the Iraq war http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: puttputt http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-381118 puttputt Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:17:54 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-381118 Don't be in Iraq, and there will be no IED. Following the logic behind this IED robot, I am sure robots to torture humans at abu ghraib is not far away. Don’t be in Iraq, and there will be no IED.

Following the logic behind this IED robot, I am sure robots to torture humans at abu ghraib is not far away.

]]> By: deichmans http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380524 deichmans Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:22:21 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380524 Be careful with #3 -- it could erode any semblance of legitimacy your "people" have in the battlespace. Trading our machines for their lives can be easily turned into a recruiting tool for radical nihilists (and threaten any claim we may have to "jus in bello"). MountainRunner has done a number of great critiques on robotics in warfare, the most recent here: http://mountainrunner.us/2007/10/what_if_the_robocannon_rampage.html Be careful with #3—it could erode any semblance of legitimacy your “people” have in the battlespace. Trading our machines for their lives can be easily turned into a recruiting tool for radical nihilists (and threaten any claim we may have to “jus in bello”). MountainRunner has done a number of great critiques on robotics in warfare, the most recent here:

http://mountainrunner.us/2007/10/what_if_the_robocannon_rampage.html

]]> By: paintball equipment » Technology lessons from the Iraq war http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380523 paintball equipment » Technology lessons from the Iraq war Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:24:27 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380523 [...] came across this post - Technology lessons from the Iraq war - and thought it was worth sharing. I hope you find it interesting too and take the time to read [...] [...] came across this post – Technology lessons from the Iraq war – and thought it was worth sharing. I hope you find it interesting too and take the time to read [...]

]]> By: Blog Referral: Coming Anarchy : The American Empire http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380522 Blog Referral: Coming Anarchy : The American Empire Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:47:44 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380522 [...] Technology lessons from the Iraq war [...] [...] Technology lessons from the Iraq war [...]

]]> By: Hamilton http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380521 Hamilton Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:35:35 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380521 Well Mark, if that happens then I hope the resulting chaos takes out you and your family as well! cheers you fool. Well Mark, if that happens then I hope the resulting chaos takes out you and your family as well! cheers you fool.

]]> By: Jayson http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380514 Jayson Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:56:04 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380514 (Don't tell PETA about #8....) (Don’t tell PETA about #8….)

]]> By: Mark http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380513 Mark Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:28:24 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/20/technology-lessons-from-the-iraq-war/#comment-380513 Regardless of all the above details, the US will still lose, sooner or later. The real question is whether or not the corrupt central government in DC falls as well. We can all hope this over-reach will be fatal. Regardless of all the above details, the US will still lose, sooner or later. The real question is whether or not the corrupt central government in DC falls as well. We can all hope this over-reach will be fatal.

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