Last year some criticism started in our country about the use of Drones particularly for "target killing of "terrorist leaders, in other countries. The number of Innocents killed were calculated by the President as justifiable even though many local people did not agree with him.
The criticism/groans continues.
The use is unethical to say the least but what is apparent is that so many innocent children and elderly have lost their lives. I am not going into statistics because in my judgment even a single innocent life taken is too much but then "war" is war and everything is justified in the end. Such is the power of the powerful.
I was reminded of this injustice as I read the article about it in Islamic Horizons "Judge, Jury & Executioner". The point is made, do the Americans realize innocent children are killed Nabila and Zubair children of Rafiq-ur-Rehman whose mother was killed but the two children were wounded and survived. They came her for Congressional hearing in Oct. 2013 Only 5 of the 535 members of Congress showed up at the hearing
Compare that with the Girl who survived Taliban attack, Malala Yusufzai, as to how she and her father were treated. I cannot blame Pakistanis when they tend to minimize Malala's case. Once President Musharraf agreed with Drone attacks allowing USA, nobody seems to be concerned with such innocent killing. They only look at the terrorist killed or missed.
When I was in Pakistan Waziristan was a place of attraction for us college/university boys, known for natural beauty but I was never able to make it
Please visit my Urdu blog at http://saugoree-bsc.blogspot.com/
The criticism/groans continues.
The use is unethical to say the least but what is apparent is that so many innocent children and elderly have lost their lives. I am not going into statistics because in my judgment even a single innocent life taken is too much but then "war" is war and everything is justified in the end. Such is the power of the powerful.
I was reminded of this injustice as I read the article about it in Islamic Horizons "Judge, Jury & Executioner". The point is made, do the Americans realize innocent children are killed Nabila and Zubair children of Rafiq-ur-Rehman whose mother was killed but the two children were wounded and survived. They came her for Congressional hearing in Oct. 2013 Only 5 of the 535 members of Congress showed up at the hearing
Compare that with the Girl who survived Taliban attack, Malala Yusufzai, as to how she and her father were treated. I cannot blame Pakistanis when they tend to minimize Malala's case. Once President Musharraf agreed with Drone attacks allowing USA, nobody seems to be concerned with such innocent killing. They only look at the terrorist killed or missed.
When I was in Pakistan Waziristan was a place of attraction for us college/university boys, known for natural beauty but I was never able to make it
Please visit my Urdu blog at http://saugoree-bsc.blogspot.com/
