When the industry for drone creation began in the United
States back in 2011, no one thought it would lead to breaking news articles
that read: “Will I be Next? U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan.” The whole idea and
investment behind drone strikes is to fuel the counterattack on terrorism in
the Middle East and to fight Al-Qaeda without use of actual U.S. soldiers. But,
according to other sources, they have done everything but that. The human
rights organizations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have
released a report, saying that this newly funded program is unlawfully killing
innocent bystanders in Pakistan and Yemen. The report investigates several of
the forty-five drone strikes that have occurred and have disclosed information
that some of the victims hit by the drones were not the intended Al-Qaeda or
Taliban targets, and instead civilians.
And to
make matters worse, the organizations are having issues gathering information
about the drone strikes due to the lack of U.S. government effort to address
the problem at hand. “The Amnesty report suggests that the U.S. could possibly
be committing international war crimes on account of some of the drone strikes
that have occurred.” Unfortunately, these accusations will continue if the U.S.
government continues to fail to make a statement about the issue. This could
also lead to more people joining the opposition in the war on terror if what is
being said is true. If these awful killings continue without someone taking
responsibility the U.S. government may find itself in a serious “hot seat.”
I think
that the purpose of this drone project is one that is very important in
determining the possible livelihood of many American soldiers, but if in the
process, we are not doing what is humanely right, the problem needs to be fixed
before it escalates any further. Before all the fingers are pointed at us.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/22/human-rights-groups-allege-us-drone-strikes-unlawful
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