alexey8: Well, said Laura It should also be remembered that the troops didn't ask to go and invade Iraq or Afghanistan. They didn't ask to go and bomb these areas. They were sent there, and given orders. They make it look so simple, tat a bunch of people dressed up in uniforms flew to the middle east and started killing civilians and its not like that. But, oh well...there is no reason to give a strong argument here, or provide valid arguments and evidence for them, because they made up their minds and don't want to listen to any other sides or opinions, or facts
Hi Alexy
It’s a great to understand your empathy for the soldiers who is fighting there . its Army , sent by the elected representative of your country .You as a nation cannot absolve the responsibility .
All human suffering should be treated equally , your soldiers suffer so are the people in those region as well . its neither their fault to be killed . lose family and loved once in the hands of aliens .they are no party to your fight with Bin laden or whoever it is . Since 2006, 83 U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan have killed between 760 and 1,050 people. Much more that Taliban killed in suicidal attacks .If you go through the Newyork times the counterinsurgency experts David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum, who wrote that drone strikes had "killed some 700 civilians. This is 50 civilians for every militant killed, a hit rate of 2 percent." In other words, in their analysis, 98 percent of those killed in drone attacks were civilians. Since 2006, 83 U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan have killed between 760 and 1,050 people. It is not possible to differentiate precisely between militant and civilian casualties, because the militants live among the population and don't wear uniforms and because the militants have the incentive to claim that all the casualties were civilians, but government sources tend to claim the opposite.
Under President Obama, the strikes have taken out at most half a dozen militant leaders while killing approximately 450 other people. Of those, about 75 percent are reported to have been have been civilians. for the US Drone strikes are an important tool to disrupt al Qaeda and Taliban operations and to kill the leaders of these organizations, but they also consistently kill Pakistani civilians, angering the population and prompting violent acts of revenge from the Pakistani Taliban.
No one is guilty until he is proved to be so . Based of the assumptions we cannot go on a killing spree . You would not hang an American or convict him until you give him a fair chance . If you find a few people guilty of terrorism ..catch them try them according to the law of their land or an international jury . Who in this world give u the right to kill people who are not in war with you ? . so lets have that human touch and empathy for all who suffer here because of whatever interests involved
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