[Peace-discuss] #october2011: "When drones fly, children die! Stop the wars now!"

[C. G. Estabrook]

[And let's stop pretending that we don't know who killed those  
children. The following is from three years ago. --CGE]


http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20080916/khan20080916011034656.JPG
US Presidential hopeful Barrack Obama has termed the cross-border  
raids by the US forces into Pakistan as a small step in the right  
direction.

Obama supported the raids but described them as "baby steps" by the  
Bush's administration.

"The Bush administration has come to that point of view. That's the  
kind of policy we have to pursue and continue ...This is a baby step,  
but it's a baby step in the right direction and something that John  
McCain hasn't been willing to acknowledge," Susan Rice, the top  
foreign policy adviser to Senator Obama, said.

"President Bush and the administration, indeed, are doing what Senator  
Obama said we must, well over a year ago. If we have actionable  
intelligence about a high-value terrorist target inside Pakistan and  
Pakistan is unwilling or unable to take that target out, such as Osama  
bin Laden, Senator Obama's view is we should act," she added.

"Senator Obama has been saying for well over a year, in fact, has been  
saying frankly since before the invasion of Iraq that the central  
front in the war on terror is Afghanistan and Pakistan. And we need to  
invest there," she noticed.

Rice said that President Bush and his administration were doing what  
Senator Obama believed in, saying invading Pakistan did not mean  
hurting the country's sovereignty but should be viewed as an act of  
self-defense.

"Not to invade. Not to take over Pakistan's sovereignty, but to take  
out that target as an act of self-defense," Rice concluded.
The Obama camp statement comes after the Bush administration  
authorized raids against militants in Pakistan without prior approval  
from Islamabad.

Subsequently, the Pakistani Army were given orders to retaliate  
against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops  
inside the country and its Air force fighters carried out sorties in  
the tribal region for the first time after US missiles attacks killed  
dozens of civilians.

Earlier, some US senators said the congress must intervene  
legislatively and legally to prevent Bush from continuing down this  
dangerous path.

Meanwhile, some US drones violated the Pakistani airspace on Monday  
but after facing Pak fighter jets' fire, fled the area, according to  
local media reports.

The upsurge in strikes and irresponsible statements by US officials  
have alarmed the Pakistani military, which says it would hit back  
against any further US aggression inside the country.


On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:

> http://twitpic.com/6wja30 - video: "When drones fly, children die!
> Stop the wars now!" dc protest friday AM #october2011 #pakistan
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