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Originally posted by synapsis
Here is a news article regarding Drone attack and its psychological and physical effects on civilian population . This article is published by globalresearch.ca . The author says it is immoral to terrorize women and children with these drone attacks .
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Originally posted by jimmiec
reply to post by gravitor
Of course i do, but they kill their women and children out of honor. The women have no rights. The statement that America is killing women and children intentionally is just not true. Drones target terrorists and it might be the one thing i agree with Obama on. It is preferable to all out war.
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by gravitor
Are You Americans proud of Your drone technology?
I prefer it to invading countries to find a few terrorists.
Originally posted by gravitor
Who gave You the right to bomb Pakistan?
The Pakistani government. It was confirmed via cable leaks released by Wikileaks. The gov of Pakistan doesn't want Al-Qaeda either.
Originally posted by gravitor
You Americans are been used as a WAR machine.
You Americans are breeding so called terrorists by Your terrorist war ajenda.
Are any of You Americans proud of slaughtering children???
I suppose it's easy sat behind a screen , and deploying such vile inhuman terror on children?
Wake up.
gravitor
Spelling aside? Is English a second language - cool that you are multi-lingual. "You Americans"...where are you from?..just curious.
Our government does not target innocent people...no doubt that innocents have gotten caught in the strikes though and that is horrific. The folks that we hunt DO specifically target innocents though, children included......As many as they can...that is the goal of terrorism...
Originally posted by jimmiec
I have no idea if i have seen a terrorist. A terrorist is a person that wages war by killing their perceived enemy,be it innocent women and children or military personnel based on the idea that they can not defeat said enemy with an army. That is my general perspective anyway.
Originally posted by EvilSadamClone
The entire article is just a knee-jerk hit piece meant to bash obama, and is an over reaction.
Drones have never been used to specifically target civilian populations. They have been used to target terrorists within a civilian population who are using the civilians as shields.
Basically it's just a piece of junk.
Originally posted by pajoly
This is one area where I, who will vote for Obama again this year, have a major beef with him. Extrajudicial killings are abhorrent and anathema to the Constitution. It is hard to say you won't permit torture (and I agree we should not torture), but then support killing by drone. Killing, after all, is unquestionably worse than torture because the object of your attention is left dead.
This and the NDAA are really awful precedents that I hope can be rolled back, but doubt they will.
However, I also won't pretend the Right does not support these policies either. They do.
It sounds nuts, because even as I will vote for him, I would support indictment of Obama (and Bush because of torture) for war crimes. At some point, we'll need to resurrect some measure of moral authority if we are to claim America is still a great nation. It needs to come from the people, not from one party versus another though.
Originally posted by jimmiec
reply to post by gravitor
Well i suppose he fits that criteria. Although he is not targeting Pakistan. He is targeting terrorists. Pakistan is supposedly our ally. Obviously they are not since they nurture terrorist organizations. It's a big mess huh?
Originally posted by DrNotforhire
reply to post by Indigo5
Obama annouced the war on terror over... Which means the patriot act, the NDAA and TSA should all go away right???
Why haven't they?? The liberals and their power grab to stay in power you "agree with the Obama doctrine" I consider this a breach of the 4th amendment if I ever saw one.. Military or Military hardware is still Military in my mind.
Originally posted by jimmiec
reply to post by gravitor
Well i suppose he fits that criteria. Although he is not targeting Pakistan. He is targeting terrorists. Pakistan is supposedly our ally. Obviously they are not since they nurture terrorist organizations. It's a big mess huh?
Originally posted by jimmiec
reply to post by gravitor
I did not vote for him the first time. I will not vote for him this time. I am more of a direct,intentional man. I hate lies. I think the truth is much better in every aspect of life.
Originally posted by EvilSadamClone
The entire article is just a knee-jerk hit piece meant to bash obama, and is an over reaction.
Drones have never been used to specifically target civilian populations. They have been used to target terrorists within a civilian population who are using the civilians as shields.
Basically it's just a piece of junk.
Originally posted by pajoly
This is one area where I, who will vote for Obama again this year, have a major beef with him. Extrajudicial killings are abhorrent and anathema to the Constitution. It is hard to say you won't permit torture (and I agree we should not torture), but then support killing by drone. Killing, after all, is unquestionably worse than torture because the object of your attention is left dead.
This and the NDAA are really awful precedents that I hope can be rolled back, but doubt they will.
However, I also won't pretend the Right does not support these policies either. They do.
It sounds nuts, because even as I will vote for him, I would support indictment of Obama (and Bush because of torture) for war crimes. At some point, we'll need to resurrect some measure of moral authority if we are to claim America is still a great nation. It needs to come from the people, not from one party versus another though.
Originally posted by The Old American
Originally posted by EvilSadamClone
The entire article is just a knee-jerk hit piece meant to bash obama, and is an over reaction.
Drones have never been used to specifically target civilian populations. They have been used to target terrorists within a civilian population who are using the civilians as shields.
Basically it's just a piece of junk.
Drones use missiles. Missiles aren't bullets, they're bombs. A missile can't blow up just one person, unless that person is several yards from any other human being.
And what are the odds that a coward terrorist isn't hiding in the middle of civilians?
/TOA