Dealing remote-control drone death, the US has lost its moral compass | Akbar Ahmed and Lawrence Wilkerson
chair playing video games is a little better than murder. This misguided policy fuels anti-American hatred
The armed drone is being heralded as the next generation of American military technology. You can fly listened unblinking eyes, almost invisible to the following objectives. Without warning, a missile attack and certain death and destruction on the earth. At the same time, the military pilot, sitting in an overstuffed chair in a room across the world, with air conditioning, is immune to the violence caused to its single button.
While the debate on drones in this country revolves around precision weapons, sometimes misinformation behind the unleashing of a missile, the ability to maintain American boots on the ground, or legality of strikes, few take into account the morality of weapons and the harmful effects of its use in white and people are running. The waves of air attacks are felt far beyond those killed or injured in the actual attack.
The buzz is destabilizing small tribal communities Pukhtun, Somalia and Yemen, with its ancient codes of honor, so it is difficult to implement peace initiatives in unstable regions long term since he was beaten by his own military. Many stories have been disclosed in the media of innocent men, women and children killed.
people fled their families and homes because of the continuing violence and are forced to live like the poor and most vulnerable refugees in the slums of large cities. They are lost unprotected clan and code. The buzz is also fueling a growing anti-Americanism, becoming a symbol of the United States mortal, and feeding recruiting future terrorists.
of a sudden, the drone destroyed a positive image of the United States in the countries in which it operates. He has contributed to the destruction of tribal codes of honor, as Pukhtunwali between Pukhtun tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan. And immoral and destructive character is reflected in those who use it, which affects the warrior ethic of the American army so important Battle of union between soldiers.
- The warrior ethos can be largely a myth, but, like most myths, protecting something very important: the psychology of killing in the name of the state. This is murder is nothing less than murder when the soldier is absolutely invulnerable. Most U.S. citizens, long divorced from any responsibility to take up arms and fight and kill, do not understand this. Soldiers - good - do. This understanding has led to the recent cancellation of Defense Secretary Hagel of Courage Award for drone operators.
- In addition, the murder by remote control is a dishonorable way to fight the battle, not only because it often leads to death of women and children, removes fighters face to face combat. These make war more like a video game and give technicians separated from life to death and numbers on the screen in front of them. It's war in the murder.
Americans are becoming vaguely aware of the problems and dangerous precedents are set for the future. We read reports of drones about the size of a mosquito, potentially armed police seize domestic drones and violations of privacy laws in the United States. These are, apart from the fact that many foreign powers, many of which are hostile to us, will soon have a wide access to drone technology without mechanisms or agreements governing their use.
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