With modern advents in the field of military technology,
officers are capable of making even more precise strikes on their enemies with
an even better understanding of how much (if any) collateral damage will
follow. Now, under normal circumstances, this would only serve to make their
job easier and disconnect them even further from their actions through the use
of UAVs. But that’s a pretty major problem when you are able to perceive so damn
much: You are also looking at everything that could possibly go wrong and, when
dealing with something as sensitive as the use of drones in combat, there’s an
awful lot that can go wrong. One degree off from the target, one civilian
standing in the wrong place at the wrong time, one regulation that isn’t
followed; all of a sudden, whistle blowers have their work cut out for them.
And so, we come to today’s film concerning the events surrounding a single
drone attack. Considering how much modern-day military cinema loves to demonize
said military, I’m sure that this will just end up going along the same path.
As always, I welcome the possibility that I’m wrong.
