"DRONES have killed hundreds in Yemen in the past four years, some hitting AQAP targets, many more striking civilians.Aside from the moral and legal implications, analysts in Yemen and the U.S. question their effectiveness against terrorism.Take, for instance, a strike in Abyan province in December 2009 that killed 55. Among the dead were 14 women and 21 children. The U.S. refused to acknowledge the botched mission."-----"“Of the thousands of Ansar al Sharia now fighting in Abyan, the majority were not Al Qaeda; they were angered by what they saw as American aggression,” Iryani said. “One event that radicalized an entire (province).”"-----"On Oct. 14, U.S. drones pounded targets again, this time hundreds of kilometres away in the southeastern region of Azzan.Abdulrahman, also born in the U.S., and his 17-year-old cousin were among the seven killed. They were apparently having a barbecue.At first, media outlets reported that Abdulrahman was five years older than his actual age, had been militant like his father and, that a high-value Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) target was also among the dead.But his grandfather, Nasser al Awlaki, a Fulbright scholar, former agricultural minister and prominent figure in Yemen, said Abdulrahman had nothing to do with his father since he had gone into hiding in 2009...It later emerged, but was not widely reported, that the strike did not kill its purported target, AQAP’s media chief, Egyptian Ibrahim al Bana. "------is the US really a 'morally superior' country? Is the strategy of 'kill 'em all" really working? What role does the media play in this?http://www.thestar.c...n-teenager?bn=1
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Started by All_In, Apr 13 2012 07:46 PM
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 07:46 PM
I don't need to be a global citizen because I'm blessed by nationality I'm member of a growing populace we enforce our popularity I feel sorry for the earth's population 'cuz so few live in the U.S.A. At least the foreigners can copy our morality they can visit but they cannot stay Only precious few can garner the prosperity it makes us walk with renewed confidence He's the farmers barren fields the force the army wields The expression in the faces of the starving millions The power of the man he's the fuel that drives the clan He's the motive and conscience of the murderer He's the preacher on t.v. the false sincerity The form letter that's written by the big computers He's the nuclear bombs and the kids with no moms
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:19 PM
All_In, on Friday, April 13th, 2012, 11:46 PM, said:
is the US really a 'morally superior' country?
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:24 PM
I sad it's only a few hundred. The more the better.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 06:20 AM
I'm not sure how anyone can object to using precision drones for bombing rather than wide scale death and destruction.The real question is whether we should be Bombing All The Brown People in the first place. Doing it more precisely seems like a good thing no matter which side of that argument you are on. The only possible case I can think against it is the moral hazard of encouraging decision-makers to get involved in more areas due to the lack of popular outrage over innocent victims and the belief that decision-makers can tell good guys from bad guys reliably.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 07:57 AM
brvheart, on Saturday, April 14th, 2012, 12:24 AM, said:
I sad it's only a few hundred. The more the better.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 09:39 AM
LongLiveYorke, on Saturday, April 14th, 2012, 8:57 AM, said:
You'd think the Middle East would respect us a bit more knowing that we can use unmanned robots to drop lethal and highly precise bombs on any location that we want and at any time.Right?
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 09:42 AM
hblask, on Saturday, April 14th, 2012, 7:20 AM, said:
I'm not sure how anyone can object to using precision drones for bombing rather than wide scale death and destruction.The real question is whether we should be Bombing All The Brown People in the first place. Doing it more precisely seems like a good thing no matter which side of that argument you are on. The only possible case I can think against it is the moral hazard of encouraging decision-makers to get involved in more areas due to the lack of popular outrage over innocent victims and the belief that decision-makers can tell good guys from bad guys reliably.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 11:40 AM
LongLiveYorke, on Saturday, April 14th, 2012, 10:57 AM, said:
You'd think the Middle East would respect us a bit more knowing that we can use unmanned robots to drop lethal and highly precise bombs on any location that we want and at any time.Right?
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SuitedAces21, on 20 August 2012 - 11:14 AM, said:
tilt you suck.
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Posted 17 April 2012 - 10:56 AM
I hope this ends soon. Many parks in and aruond Toronto are full of brown people having BBQ's when the weather gets good. Could be a bloodbath...
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