I reported earlier this month that the CIA was seeking authority to use killer drone attacks against Yemenis without discretion. They wanted to use “signature attacks” which allow for murdering those targeted, or any in the vicinity of those targeted, without even knowing the identity of those people. This is nothing less than unadulterated indiscriminate killing!
The request for the sanctioned murder of innocents came from the evil head of the CIA, David H. Petraeus. That should come as no surprise, but now the criminal Obama has approved this first degree murder.
What this will mean to those living in Yemen, is that more terror attacks prosecuted by the U.S. government’s agents of force will be forthcoming. Not only will drone attacks continue there, but they will increase in numbers and severity.
According to this Washington Post World article, “The decision to give the CIA and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) greater leeway is almost certain to escalate a drone campaign that has accelerated significantly this year, with at least nine strikes in under four months. The number is about equal to the sum of airstrikes all last year.”
And now this number will escalate, and terror against all in Yemen will result.
This is what America has become. The citizenry in this country are complicit in this slaughter of innocents due to their apathy and implied consent. The blood of those in the Middle East is on the hands of all who support this government and its assassins in uniform. Until enough speak up, war, torture, rendition, and massive imperialism will only grow and expand in scope.
Obama should be impeached and imprisoned for many things, but this is an openly admitted act of aggressive murder against unknown people. It is heinous!
In the wake of this drone campaign will come more hatred of Americans, legitimate hatred at that. Blowback will be more likely, and possibly imminent due to this unwarranted aggression.
What would any American do should another country’s military come here and begin bombing their families and friends? What would they do if that country occupied their land, and destroyed their homes? What would they do if their children were tortured by these invaders? This is exactly what the Yemenis now face.
Hard to imagine? Wake up, because this same kind of tyranny will not be levied on the U.S by those in other countries, but will come here at the hands of your own government!