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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444100404577641520858011452.html
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What if another nation played the role of the U.S.? To what degree does the United Nations (U.N.) play a role in peacekeeping vs. security? Give examples.
This is just another case of the United States overstepping their boundaries and diving headfirst guns blazing without thinking about the most ideal way to handle a situation. The US needs to think of their military actions around the world before they start the third world war.
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ReplyDeleteInnocent civilians living in horror 24/7 due to the constant presence of U.S drones in their skies. Liable to drop their 10 kilogram bombs on marked targets in attempt to eliminate ‘targeted terrorists’ with minimal damage or collateral impact has dramatically failed. In actuality between 2 562 and 3 325 people have been killed in Pakistan, of whom between 474 and 881 were civilians and 176 of whom were children. (1) These attacks occur sporadically throughout the days and nights- often one after another- because the U.S soldiers assume those who rush to the assistance of those injured are other militia personnel. Double tap. (2) This is often the origin of innocent casualties, and the reputation for these attacks- counter-productive. The government has now administrated a statement illustrating the peak in riots and mental-illness among civilians. Attacks continue to provoke widespread anger in the country.
In one of the notorious attacks, 40 people were killed when two drones attacked a car containing 4 military personnel in March 2011. That attack prompted UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay to question the legality of a practice that was "outside the military chain of command". (3) Barack Obama doesn’t admit that the CIA is running a remote-control assassination program at all, because it is legally a very doubtful idea but it may seem that way. Attack after attack the reasoning behind the drones begins to lose all justification, and the respect for the U.S government goes along with it.
(1) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9564903/US-drone-attacks-are-counter-productive-and-terrorise-civilians.html
(2) http://www.therecord.com/opinion/columns/article/808488--u-s-double-tap-drone-attacks-shameful
(3) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19704981
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ReplyDeleteI do not think the U.S has the right to do what they are doing but in retrospect, they are only doing this because they feel that Pakistan has showed that they are unwilling or incapable to target militants that the U.S. considers dangerous.(1) Thats all fine and dandy but personally I do not think that the U.S. has the right to make decisions for another country. These targets could be dangerous, but it’s up to the Pakistan military to decided whether to take control of the situation. The Pakistan military is a very organized group, since the army was formed they have been key in keeping the state together.(2) They aren’t any random group of guys, if these targets were so dangerous that the United States had to intervene i’m sure this highly organized military would of handled it. There might be more war problems in Pakistan but that doesn’t mean that the U.S has to get involved. The Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States has expressed that they want these drone strikes to come to an end.(1) The ambassador does admit it has been a help in saying “I am not saying drones have not assisted in the war against terror, but they have diminishing rate of returns,".(1) It looks as if it is unlikely that the U.S. will stop and that is a shame.
This is definitely not the duty of the U.S. they are only doing this because they think that they are bigger and stronger then everyone else. I bet you if someone like china did this to the States it would be a huge deal, but no because the U.S. is doing it it’s okay. I think that the reason why the U.N hasn’t done anything is because I think the U.S. is a major leader within the U.N. If a country like Korea tried to do this the U.N. would step in. I think they would interfere because Korea isn’t one of the big/leading countries. They only joined the U.N. in 1991.(3) Honestly the U.S. only gets to do these kind of things because they are a globally known country the try’s to control everything. If the U.N did step in I think it depend on what was going on. If the situation was much like this on I think the U.N. would take more of a security stand point, because they would want to help and protect countries within the “club”. Pakistan was admitted in 1947.(3)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/07/27/pakistan-us-cia-drone-strikes.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/army.htm
http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml
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