[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] sleepwalking into the drone age - "I Met a 16-Year-Old Kid. 3 Days Later Obama Killed Him"

[Stuart Levy]

The article's "sleepwalkers" aren't our leaders, but the American people 
- Clive Smith writes:

    The dearth of US domestic criticism is astounding. The last time a
    president indulged in an illegal bombing campaign in the sovereign
    territory of allies (Richard Nixon in 1969, in Cambodia and Laos),
    the policy nearly got included in the articles of impeachment. We
    should remember that history, as the Vietnamese capitalised on the
    backlash, helping to impose the genocidal Khmer Rouge on Cambodia,
    and a single-party regime that endures 40 years later in Laos.

    Ultimately, Mitt Romney faces a dilemma: what must a Republican
    candidate do to outflank the extremism of his Democratic opponent?
    The rest of us must be concerned as well: we are sleepwalking into
    the Drone Age, and few people are debating the dire consequences.



On 6/16/12 1:20 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> The problem with that is that it suggests "War" killed the kid.
>
> Obama killed him. He didn't have to.
>
> And he isn't "sleepwalking." He's quite conscious.
>
>
> On Jun 15, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>
>> A banner w/ the famous quote -- WAR IS NOT GOOD FOR CHILDREN AND 
>> OTHER LIVING THINGS -- would cover most of the suggestions so far for 
>> the 4th of July Parade... including this sad sad drone poster. A 
>> cemetery full of crosses would get the idea across.
>> I didn't like the idea of dressing kids in camouflage -- looks like 
>> we're promoting child soldiers, when actually we aren't promoting ANY 
>> soldiers, right?? Not bloody stuff or gory  pictures, either -- this 
>> is a family event, and we'll get farther if we emphasize the peace- 
>> rather than the war aspects. Just my 2c.
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 6/14/12, Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu> wrote:
>>
>> From: Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu>
>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] sleepwalking into the drone age - "I Met a 
>> 16-Year-Old Kid. 3 Days Later Obama Killed Him"
>> To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, "ocCUpy" 
>> <occupycu at lists.chambana.net>
>> Cc: "Stuart Levy" <salevy at illinois.edu>
>> Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:17 AM
>>
>> This article could move a lot of people, I think, who are inclined to 
>> believe the Administration's line about killing only truly deserving 
>> militants with our drone strikes.   We should hand it out    at the 
>> Market, at least.
>>
>>
>>      
>> http://www.alternet.org/story/155723/i_met_a_16-year-old_kid._3_days_later_obama_killed_him?page=entire
>>
>>
>> And I'd really like to include something about drones in the 4th of 
>> July parade.
>> The picture below is from the AFSC exhibit
>>    "Windows and Mirrors / Reflections on the War in Afghanistan"
>>     http://www.windowsandmirrors.org/
>> which was on display in Chicago during the anti-NATO conference - one 
>> of about
>> thirty large pieces.  Perhaps we could bring the exhibit here -- 
>> maybe in the fall?
>> But I wonder if we could get permission to reproduce this stark image 
>> as a parade poster.
>>
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