If Trayvon Were Pakistani…
Why isn't Obama outraged about a drone war based on profiling?
BY MICAH ZENKO | JULY 22, 2013
It is striking to compare Obama's deliberate and thoughtful commentary about the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin with the military tactic that will forever characterize his presidency: killing people with drones. The president posits that it is wrong to profile individuals based upon their appearance, associations, or statistical propensity to violence. By extension, he believes that, just because those characteristics may seem threatening to some, the use of lethal force cannot be justified as self-defense unless there are reasonable grounds to fear imminent bodily harm. But that very kind of profiling and a broad interpretation of what constitutes a threat are the foundational principles of U.S. "signature strikes" -- the targeted killings of unidentified military-age males.
Since November 2002, the United States has killed over 3,600 people in non-battlefield settings with drones, cruise missiles, AC-130 gunships, and special operations forces. It is unknown how many of them were unidentified men killed only because of their profile and a U.S. claim that they posed a "continuing and imminent threat."
黒人少年が怪しいといことで、射殺されたものの、加害者は正当防衛ということで、無罪になった事件で、オバマ大統領が異例のスピーチをしましたけど、その大統領の発言どおり、怪しくても、つけ回して射殺してはいけないなら、なんで、無人機で殺害し続けているのか、２００２年から３６００人も非戦闘地域でアメリカは人殺ししているんだよ、おかしいじゃないか、と。
もっともな意見ですね。
