In the 21st century, warfare more often looks like drones in the air than troops on the ground. Public resistance to drone warfare has been minimal, likely in part because drones help avoid American casualties. Dr. Jessy Ohl of University of Mary Washington argues that it’s more than that — rhetoric about contemporary warfare is “boring.”
Sub host Whitney Gent explores this and the phenomenon of “boring rhetoric” on a topic that’s actually a matter of life and death on today’s A Public Affair.