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

[C. G. Estabrook]

"To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how  
much pressure they're under from the public." - Noam Chomsky


On Jun 16, 2012, at 1:36 AM, Stuart Levy wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>> <efgjhgag.png>
>>>
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