Last week Princeton Seminary hosted the first Interfaith Conference on Drone Warfare, with representatives of various denominations present. Hosted and funded by an anti-nuclear disarmament group, the event predictably was univocal in denouncing U.S. drone campaigns against terror targets. A Unitarian Universalist clergy seem to speak for most there when he complained that the U.S. was â??terrorizing civilians with drone strikes.â?
Nobody apparently was invited to offer a defense or even a thorough explanation of drone warfare. Predictably the event concluded with a prepackaged demand for ending all drone strikes, with investigations, apologies and reparations for past drones strikes. No serious alternatives evidently were offered to drone warfare against terrorists. The event showcased the frequent lack of seriousness in many religious circles about statecraft and lethal force.
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