No, al-Zawahiri was not among the dead
CNN: "Ayman al-Zawahiri -- Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network -- was not killed in a CIA airstrike on a remote Pakistani village, according to a Pakistani intelligence official."
Still, 18 people were killed. But I suppose that doesn't matter, does it? I mean, what value do 18 anonymous Pakistanis have? It's not like they have mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, right? I mean, this is war, right? The so-called war on terror. And Zawahiri's a key target. So let's just keep on bombing the crap out of faraway villages, shall we? I mean, what are a few innocent victims? Okay, what are thousands of innocent victims?
That's me being sarcastic, by the way. Is it any wonder Pakistanis are a bit miffed?
Well done, CIA. You're doing wonders for America's reputation in the world. Not to mention for America's alleged commitment to the sanctity of human life.
Still, 18 people were killed. But I suppose that doesn't matter, does it? I mean, what value do 18 anonymous Pakistanis have? It's not like they have mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, right? I mean, this is war, right? The so-called war on terror. And Zawahiri's a key target. So let's just keep on bombing the crap out of faraway villages, shall we? I mean, what are a few innocent victims? Okay, what are thousands of innocent victims?
That's me being sarcastic, by the way. Is it any wonder Pakistanis are a bit miffed?
Well done, CIA. You're doing wonders for America's reputation in the world. Not to mention for America's alleged commitment to the sanctity of human life.
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
9:29 PM
1 Comments:
Although you make your points with considerable and perhaps inappropriate flippancy, I think you are quite correct to point out the hypocracy of American foreign policy to the fundamental ethos of the country. The casual marginalizing of those 18 to a statistic smacks to me of racism and jingoism... Are the lives of people who are not American, who do not shop at J. Crew worthless? But, I suppose a follow up question of larger moral issues is: if the target had been killed, would the deaths of these 18 be justified?
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