Military atrocity originated in a fixed threshold, not soldier error

Evidence

Here, the military atrocity was, contrary to Arkin’s assumption, not the result of mistakes on the part of lower-rank soldiers confused by the “fog of war” or carried away by the passions of combat. There was nothing spectacular about the point of origin of this atrocity. It was simply a matter of fixing the threshold of a relevant variable. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 679

Categorization

• XREF: Reverses conventional ‘fog of war’ explanations; connects to the reader’s twisted-logic theme of impunity. — connects to: Automated targeting thresholds centralize atrocity into a single parameter-setting decision.; Mass death from atrocity differs morally from ordinary, unavoidable death — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 406

Related

• Automated targeting thresholds centralize atrocity into a single parameter-setting decision. (similarity 0.87)
• Atrocity now operates within the law through its spelled-out specifications (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Mass death from atrocity differs morally from ordinary, unavoidable death #expands (0.55) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 406