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As I read this story I couldn't help but think:
1) what would be the reaction of our government if DoD officials were thus trageted by other nations for their 'terrorism' on foreign soil by killing so many civilians?
2) How doubly outraged we would be if such a policy were conducted upon our shores?
3) Does anyone even bother to think about he 'blow-back' this is causing among the populations abroad, if they even bother to think at all?
4) How right Ron Paul truly is when he says "they're over here because we're over there"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Pakistan.html
America's deadly double tap drone attacks are 'killing 49 people for every known terrorist in Pakistan'
By Leon Watson
PUBLISHED: 05:52 EST, 25 September 2012 | UPDATED: 07:39 EST, 25 September 2012
The authoritative joint study, by Stanford and New York Universities, concludes that men, women and children are being terrorised by the operations ’24 hours-a-day’.
And the authors lay much of the blame on the use of the ‘double-tap’ strike where a drone fires one missile – and then a second as rescuers try to drag victims from the rubble. One aid agency said they had a six-hour delay before going to the scene.
The tactic has cast such a shadow of fear over strike zones that people often wait for hours before daring to visit the scene of an attack. Investigators also discovered that communities living in fear of the drones were suffering severe stress and related illnesses. Many parents had taken their children out of school because they were so afraid of a missile-strike.
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1) what would be the reaction of our government if DoD officials were thus trageted by other nations for their 'terrorism' on foreign soil by killing so many civilians?
2) How doubly outraged we would be if such a policy were conducted upon our shores?
3) Does anyone even bother to think about he 'blow-back' this is causing among the populations abroad, if they even bother to think at all?
4) How right Ron Paul truly is when he says "they're over here because we're over there"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Pakistan.html
America's deadly double tap drone attacks are 'killing 49 people for every known terrorist in Pakistan'
- Study found war against violent Islamists has become increasingly deadly
- Researchers blame common tactic now being used – the 'double-tap' strike
- Drone strikes condemned for their ineffectiveness in targeting militants
By Leon Watson
PUBLISHED: 05:52 EST, 25 September 2012 | UPDATED: 07:39 EST, 25 September 2012
The authoritative joint study, by Stanford and New York Universities, concludes that men, women and children are being terrorised by the operations ’24 hours-a-day’.
And the authors lay much of the blame on the use of the ‘double-tap’ strike where a drone fires one missile – and then a second as rescuers try to drag victims from the rubble. One aid agency said they had a six-hour delay before going to the scene.
The tactic has cast such a shadow of fear over strike zones that people often wait for hours before daring to visit the scene of an attack. Investigators also discovered that communities living in fear of the drones were suffering severe stress and related illnesses. Many parents had taken their children out of school because they were so afraid of a missile-strike.
*snip*
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