{"id":3329,"date":"2013-12-24T16:15:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T16:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2014-01-20T17:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:23:30","slug":"obama-unapologetic-about-drone-wedding-party-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=3329","title":{"rendered":"Obama Unapologetic About Drone Massacre Of Yemen Wedding Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Continues Extra-Judicial Drone Assassinations\u00a0<\/strong>In Spite Of Innocents Being Murdered<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US Has Bombed at Least Eight Wedding Parties Since 2001<\/a><\/p>\n

When will the Obama Administration<\/a> learn that the highly misguided and illegal use of drones will always come back to haunt them? \u00a0No matter how many times they try to justify the unlawful use of deadly force by drones, innocent people are always caught in the middle. \u00a0The death of innocent women, children and elderly men has been a constant problem for both the CIA<\/a> and the entire military chain of command responsible for these cold-blooded murders.<\/p>\n

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Dead victims of the Drone in Ra\u2019ada, Yemen<\/p><\/div>\n

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The US Federal Government appears to be the only one in the world that has unlawfully arrogated power unto itself to commit these extra-judicial assassinations. \u00a0Just because the deadly weapons are discharged from drones by remote control does not make these crimes against humanity any more acceptable. \u00a0Murder is murder regardless of the weapon that is used.<\/p>\n

Most of the nations that have fallen victim to this high tech military aggression by the USA have protested bitterly. \u00a0Nevertheless, the CIA and Armed Services continue to support these international crimes. \u00a0Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan<\/a>, and Somalia<\/a> have complained of the flagrant invasion of their national sovereignty which these missile attacks represent. \u00a0Yemen has just voted to ban them on their soil.<\/p>\n

Yemeni parliament votes to ban drone attacks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shocking Refusal To Express Public Regret Or Sincere Apology<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is most disturbing about this very sordid and ongoing saga is the persistent refusal of the US Government to issue any kind of apology for these atrocities. \u00a0Because of the CIA’s routine lack of acknowledgment of these massacres, even the citizenry of the USA seems to be oblivious to such heinous crimes being committed in their name. \u00a0They seem to occur and then are very quickly forgotten just like passing days of the week. \u00a0Clearly, this is the most serious byproduct of these barbaric assaults in foreign lands. \u00a0That the people have come to accept them as business as usual.<\/p>\n

Only because these frequent fatal attacks are not being conducted in Western nations are they somehow justifiable. \u00a0They have no legitimacy in international law, common law, natural law or federal law. \u00a0Simply put, the drone assassination program operates completely outside of the framework of every body of law in existence, including military law.<\/p>\n

How, then, does the USA continue to get away with these repugnant crimes? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s only one way. \u00a0And that is the very same way that a global bully gets away with all of the military aggression and illicit attacks on other sovereign nations. \u00a0The USA has come to embody, without any legitimacy whatsoever, the false precept of:
\n“Might makes right”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

What is quite evident from the incessant disrespect that US politicians, diplomats and statesmen demonstrate toward many foreign nations is that they know what a military superpower can get away with. \u00a0Only because the USA commands such a large military presence around the world, is it able to act which such impunity. \u00a0However, such blatant disregard for the human life in so many foreign countries will eventually come back to bite US.<\/p>\n

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Yemenis protest against US intervention in their country<\/p><\/div>\n

What the US and its NATO<\/a> allies fail to understand is that so much unprovoked violence is being watched by the entire world. Not only are those nations that are victimized by drone attacks angered by such territorial violations; their neighbors, trading partners, and other countries are sympathetic to their plight.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the blowback will surely come. Usually that occurs at a time, in a place and in a way that is least expected. Quite similarly to the initial drone surprise attacks conducted by the US and company do violent events regularly take place throughout the USA. Any government which permits these kinds of offensive military strikes, whether on the giving or receiving end, is sure to fall hard when it does. \u00a0Despite its perceived invincibility, the USA is no exception.<\/p>\n

The victim nations are usually bribed and\/or extorted into allowing drone attacks on t<\/strong>heir soil.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Rarely do you read such a report, but those nations which do not actively prevent such drones from entering their airspace are complicit in these crimes against their citizens. \u00a0However, they are usually operating under extreme financial duress, excessive military influence, and\/or relentless political pressure when they submit to the bribes<\/a> and extortion<\/a>\u00a0demanded by the Western military powers.<\/p>\n

Usually it is the case that such nations have already received ‘generous’ amounts of American largesse<\/a>. \u00a0Such financial aid comes with many strings attached and has enough pork baked in it to satisfy the local politicians. \u00a0Whatever the aid may be earmarked for, you can be sure that it is syphoned up by US contractors, companies, surrogates and proxies. \u00a0Rarely do the nation’s citizens ever directly benefit from this cynical form of ‘international aid’.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is the perfect example of how their military has benefited from the annual US multi-billion dollar ‘stipend’ without any accountability. \u00a0Because the Pakistani armed services exert so much influence in governmental affairs, they have given the CIA a green light to commit their drone atrocities without fear of retribution. \u00a0Can this incestuous relationship become any more dysfunctional for either party? \u00a0Because it takes place completely under the radar of public scrutiny, it continues to fester and produce fierce anti-American sentiments wherever drone attacks occur.<\/p>\n

How does any of this extremely destructive and ill-conceived foreign policy help America? \u00a0By creating more enemies? \u00a0By making it more difficult than ever for Americans to travel abroad? \u00a0By even turning our traditional friends against us?<\/p>\n

Really, who is it that formulates such foolish and outrageous drone implementation plans? \u00a0Is it ‘Defense’, State, or the White House? \u00a0It doesn’t make much sense that any of these organs of US Government would make such self- destructive international policy, does it?<\/p>\n

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Drone strike that killed at least 15 in a wedding party in Yemen.<\/p><\/div>\n

Therefore, it is now quite transparent that the US is run by a global shadow government which operates completely outside of the Constitution, or any other legal framework for that matter. \u00a0By doing so, it has transformed the US Government into a patchwork of rogue institutions, where the rule of law is now practically nonexistent.<\/p>\n

Hence, this covert and lawless entity continues to arrogate power unto itself which cannot be challenged. \u00a0Who or what is there to confront on behalf of the American people? \u00a0To whom does one demand and implore that such cruel extra-judicial killings by drones be stopped. \u00a0The American people want these senseless murders to stop. \u00a0They especially do no want them conducted in their name and using their tax dollars.<\/p>\n

Michael Thomas
\nState of the Nation<\/a>
\nDecember 25, 2013<\/p>\n

Author’s Note:
\nA very serious question has been raised about the CIA drone policy of targeting wedding parties. Because weddings (and funerals) are well known to bring all elements of the society together under one tent, the US takes advantage of this fact of life.
\nTherefore, it appears that those who have formulated this policy know in advance that there will always be ‘collateral damage’ as they call it. In other words, the killing of innocents is an ‘unintended consequence’ of their implementation plan to assassinate alleged terrorists who have not been tried or convicted of anything.
\nSounds like the real terrorists in this scenario are those pushing the buttons that trigger the drone missile attacks. Their supervisors up the chain of command, who gave the orders, are even more culpable in this terror-producing chain of events.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

No holiday for U.S. drones in Pakistan; 3 killed…<\/a><\/p>\n

DRONES<\/em>: The Rank Hypocrisy of Barack Obama<\/a><\/p>\n

Sec. Hagel to Pakistan: Drone Protests & Blocking NATO Convoys; Threatens to cut $1.6 bn Pakistan aid<\/a><\/p>\n

Five Afghan Children Among Ten Civilians Killed in NATO\/US Drone Attack<\/a><\/p>\n

Drone strike kills 15 ‘wedding party-goers’ in Yemen<\/a><\/p>\n

Insight – In Yemen, al Qaeda gains sympathy amid U.S. drone strikes<\/a><\/p>\n

Yemenis protest against US intervention in their country<\/a><\/p>\n

Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake-officials<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9 2013 State of the Nation
\nPermission is granted to post this essay as long as it is linked back to the following url:
\nhttps:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=3329<\/a><\/p>\n

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