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One good thing about keeping people away from the danger themselves (aside from the obvious cheapness of a robot being damaged vs a human soldier dying) is that the person on the other end will be less likely to take actions that are uncalled for because of fear of their life. Example: The taped shooting of the Iraqi insurgent that went around a week or so ago, where they were clearing the house and the wounded guy started moving on the floor and got shot in the head. Which ever way you feel about it (that's another arguement entirely) I think its obvious if the soldier hadn't been in amped up on adrenaline and fear about the guy he would have been more likely to wait to see if he was a threat before shooting him. So the whole seperate from battle thing does have two sides to it. Also, since the whole thing is being run through a central system and is being taped/overseen by superiors there it is less likely that major war crimes can be commited by a 'lone nut' that slipped by the psych screen when he joined up. The guy on the computer starts acting wierd and shoots random non-combatants you just push a disconnect button instead of having to deal with them armed and in the war zone.
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