Medea Benjamin, Nation of Change, May 31, 2012
On May 29, The New York Times published an extraordinarily
in-depth look at the intimate role President Obama has played in
authorizing US drone attacks overseas, particularly in Pakistan, Yemen
and Somalia. It is chilling to read the cold, macabre ease with which
the President and his staff decide who will live or die. The fate of
people living thousands of miles away is decided by a group of
Americans, elected and unelected, who don’t speak their language, don’t
know their culture, don’t understand their motives or values. While
purporting to represent the world’s greatest democracy, US leaders are
putting people on a hit list who are as young as 17, people who are
given no chance to surrender, and certainly no chance to be tried in a
court of law.
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