Sunday, July 01, 2012

Drones, Defense, and Deficit--Part II of the alliteration

As I take a break from events that have taken over my life, I bet I could have spent those moments on plenty of things better than catching up on news, which included this:
A drone missile struck a house in the Shawal Valley where militants were reported to be hiding in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.
"Two missiles were fired on a house. Eight militants were killed," said a local intelligence official.
Several of the men killed were loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a top militant leader in North Waziristan, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Bahadur, a commander who is believed to be allied with the Haqqani network and to support attacks against NATO forces in Afghanistan, is said to have an unofficial non-aggression pact with the Pakistani military.
Last week, Bahadur's group said it would act against anyone conducting polio vaccinations in its area, a direct threat to Pakistanis who collaborate with the United States.
The phenomenally expanded drones program fuels the anti-American feelings in countries where the Nobel Peace Prize recipient, President Barack Obama, seems to zealously use them.  Should we, therefore, be surprised to read that drone attacks are equated to terrorism?
Terming the US drone attacks terrorism, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has called for sharing with the nation the number of terrorists killed in the unmanned plane bombings.
“There is no difference between terrorism and drone attacks because both are killing innocent people and the nation must be told about the number of terrorists killed so far in the US campaign,” the chief minister said while addressing the distribution ceremony of E-Bars documents among the Punjab bar associations at Alhamra Hall on Saturday.
“We have to give up the habit of getting charity from foreigners and break beggar’s bowl to get such drone attacks seized,” Shahbaz maintained.

So, in adding to this earlier post, here is more to think about:


or, how about this:


 Hail to the Nobel Peace Prize recipient Warrior-in-Chief :(

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