A Disgrace in The Name Of Human Race

A Disgrace in The Name Of Human Race



Hochgeladen von zeitlupenmodus am 11.12.2011

Hochgeladen von Dryology am 03.12.2011
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dryology
original title:Murder By Joystick. A Disgrace in The Name Of Human Race !!

Special thanks to Patrick (Snordelhans) for the Audio
War Crimes by Terminator Drones; Barbarism of An Empire. "The use of lethal force by the United States in countries such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia -- countries we are not at war with -- constitutes an already troubling method of waging war in which we are accountable to no one. As Philip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions recognizes: 'Not even the American public, let alone the international community, knows when and where the CIA has authorized the kill, the criteria for individuals who may be killed, how the CIA insures killings are legal, and what follow-up there is when civilians are illegally killed. It follows that the international law requirements of transparency and accountability are comprehensively violated.'
"The drone program is operating with increasing impunity. Last year, it was reported that the CIA had added U.S. citizens to its targeted killing list, in subversion of their basic constitutional rights and due process of law. Intelligence operations that have no transparency, no accountability and no oversight inevitably leads to violations of international law and violations of the Constitution of the United States.

"It is no secret that drone strikes conducted by the CIA abroad as part of our counter-terrorism operations have resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians. According to a study by the New America Foundation of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, at least 32% of those killed by the strikes were civilians. I have long argued that the legal justification for the use of drones in Pakistan could be used to justify strikes in other countries we are not at war with. The concern that our current legal framework will stretch the battlefield to anywhere in the world appears to be coming true.

"Earlier this year, the House passed the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act which included dangerous and unprecedented language declaring that the United States is in an armed conflict with not only al Qaeda and the Taliban, but 'associated forces' and individuals, organizations and nations that support such forces. The President could then have the full legal authority to send American troops to engage in acts of war anywhere--Yemen, Somalia, Iran, even the United States--without constitutionally required Congressional authorization and, consequently, without any restrictions or oversight from the American people or Congress.

"The increasing malleability of who the United States calls its enemies and the legal justification it uses to go after them significantly undermines our moral standing, international law and laws of war. This technology and this malleability are leading us toward a state of permanent global war."