US drones have killed approximately 5,000 civilians, including about 176 children in Pakistan and Yemen. Were these children enemy terroritsts? This is a crime. The Obama administration has decided to conduct a remote control war, where young men in some war room, look at screens and kill by pressing buttons. Do they realize that the people on ground could be boys and girls, as young as one. Yes, babies have been killed. People living in countries where drones routinely fly by. live in constant fear. They have killing machines above them, making horrible sounds, and that may strike at any moment. These drones are terrorizing people in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. The sovereignty of these nations is being violated, and they are helpless because they are poor. Of course the UN does nothing.
I have read that every Tuesday Obama sits down with a deck of cards that have men's faces printed on them (suspects you might say), and selects people he thinks are terrorists, and then orders them to be killed by drones. Isn't this called extra judicial killing? Some have called it death squads. It is plainly illegal, immoral, and has resulted in an incredible amount of human suffering among the poor of countries being targeted.
On April 13 the Answer Coalition (www.answercoalition.com) along with other groups, will be demonstrating against these drones, all over the country. A huge demonstration is planned for Washington D.C. People should get out on the streets and say, not in our name will children be killed.
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