Is it more American to Water Board or Kill people with a drone attack?
KCurtis
2012/06/05 00:20:48
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A Picture is worth a 1000 words.
Drone strikes kill the terrorist their neighbors and their hostages.
‘You cannot call me lucky’ – drones injure over 1,100
CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan 2004 – 2012
Total US strikes: 327
Obama strikes: 275
Total reported killed: 2,464-3,145
Civilians reported killed: 482-830
Children reported killed: 175
Total reported injured: 1,181-1,294
US Covert Action in Yemen 2002 – 2012
Total confirmed US operations (all): 44-54
Total confirmed US drone strikes: 31-41
Possible additional US operations: 87-96
Possible additional US drone strikes: 49-55
Total reported killed (all): 317-826
Total civilians killed (all): 58-138
Children killed (all): 24
US Covert Action in Somalia 2007 – 2012
Total US strikes: 10-21
Total US drone strikes: 3-9
Total reported killed: 58-169
Civilians reported killed: 11-57
Children reported killed: 1-3
or not.
This is being abetted on all fronts by US, European and global mainstream media that willingly oblige.In the case of Obama’s Total War Doctrine, the media go along with US official policy, and describe the murder of innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when American democracy-building drone bombs fall, as “militant combatants”.
You see, Total War requires intense and constant psychological warfare to convince public opinion – both at home and abroad – that “our boys” fighting “to spread peace and democracy”, always do the “the right thing” by killing “the right people” who threaten America, Europe, Israel and the rest of the West; in other words, by only killing “militant terrorist combatants”.
That’s the way Orwellian Newspeak has described US-led wars since 1945 – whether fought by the US alone, or togethe...
This is being abetted on all fronts by US, European and global mainstream media that willingly oblige.In the case of Obama’s Total War Doctrine, the media go along with US official policy, and describe the murder of innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when American democracy-building drone bombs fall, as “militant combatants”.
You see, Total War requires intense and constant psychological warfare to convince public opinion – both at home and abroad – that “our boys” fighting “to spread peace and democracy”, always do the “the right thing” by killing “the right people” who threaten America, Europe, Israel and the rest of the West; in other words, by only killing “militant terrorist combatants”.
That’s the way Orwellian Newspeak has described US-led wars since 1945 – whether fought by the US alone, or together with allies like Britain, EU countries and Israel, or by puppet proxies.The list is very long: Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Dominican Republic, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Iran, Africa, South America, Cambodia, Laos, Cuba, El Salvador, Falklands, Nicaragua, Grenada, Serbia…The death-toll runs into the tens of millions and has kept rising and rising.
You can't get info from a dead bastard!
Having said that I can't stomach the idea of one person answerable to no one deciding to pull the trigger with zero accountability before or after the deed.
UPDATE:
Abu Yahya Al-Libi, considered a 'rock star' in the jihadist world, is killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, as officials say it will be hard for Al Qaeda to replace one of its most experienced and versatile leaders.
Excerpt from today's media. Just goes to show not all drone strikes are bad things. Al Libi was number 2 and still is number 2, (something he would wipe with his left hand), in my opinion.
On a different note what intel could we have gotten from the man who's name rhymes with Obama? We'd already risked American lives plopping them into a country even more hostile than Yemen. I think Osama would have squealed like a stuck pig at the mere site of a pair of nail clippers. Probably would have rolled up Zawahiri and others too. Then you put a double tap in him and swear he tried to escape.
UPDATE:
Abu Yahya Al-Libi, considered a 'rock star' in the jihadist world, is killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, as officials say it will be hard for Al Qaeda to replace one of its most experienced and versatile leaders.
Excerpt from today's media. Just goes to show not all drone strikes are bad things. Al Libi was number 2 and still is number 2, (something he would wipe with his left hand), in my opinion.