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Drone warfare
by Kingfisher Saturday, Sep 13 2008, 11:19am
international / human rights / opinion/analysis

I was raised in a world where killing innocent women and children was considered the most heinous of crimes. Why are such acts tolerated today? Hundreds of thousands of children have died as a direct result of US policies and military interventions. However, it appears that in this ‘brave new world’ of Bush, Cheney and mindless ‘Paris Hiltons’ it is acceptable to kill women and children and suffer no serious consequences!

Predator 'drone' armed with Hellfire missile

Populations have become accustomed to the crimes committed on their behalf by their criminal leaders. YES, the responsibility lies with YOU! Brave new world remote control war technologies are responsible for hundreds of innocent deaths yet the US military continues to deploy clearly INAPPROPRIATE weaponry in inappropriate situations.

The latest in a series of ‘drone’ or UAV attacks has resulted in almost one hundred dead civilians, including dozens of women and children. Children that have ALL been prematurely ROBBED of the greatest gift Creation bestows – LIFE! And yet WE ALLOW the killing of innocents to continue! I view with concentrated focus the old men responsible for ordering these attacks, Bush, Cheney, (Rumsfeld) Gates and numerous others in the military – who should know better!

I have been trained to kill with precision and skill in the service of my country. Targets are identified, acquired and dispatched – directly! There is no room for error; soldiers are chosen for specific skills and trained accordingly. Today we have ‘refugees’ from video game arcades killing hundreds of innocent people via video screens and ‘joysticks!’

The ‘success’ of these methods we see reported regularly! Yet the mindless incompetents running the USA have increased these attacks. The world is forced to look to China and Russia for assistance; both nations are only too happy to oblige!

The current Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, openly announced the death of ideology in Australian political life. No longer are we guided by certain beliefs and values – it seems everything, including the most sacred gift of all, has been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. I suppose in such a world the lives of innocent men, women and children amount to nothing.

However, there is a cost to everything and the cost of this new ‘brave’ world is our politicians' lives are worth even less than the innocents they kill. It should therefore be no surprise to anyone when they are targeted and dispatched with skill and clarity.

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