The most fervent supporters of President Obama keep saying he's smart. Well, if he's so smart, why does he keep waging this incredibly dumb drone warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan which kills more civilians than anyone else, obviously turning those countries and others against America, as well as his administration egging on drone development? The whole drone program is crazed, with civilians most likely to be the worst off, and may lead us to the same kind of tension that atomic weapons have. Of the latter, it's not just certain countries living under the nuclear Damocles' sword anymore, but the entire world. Now, another Damocles' sword has been invented: robotic armaments. Both of these dangers should be dramatically outlawed by international conventions, especially before the robotic one gets a firm footing. Of course, that won't happen easily since money keeps its position as among the highest of the idols of mankind. Obama and Biden have also tacitly supported the foreign flotilla attack, in international waters, on humanitarian aides in the Mediterranean Sea last spring, and Biden a little more than tacitly. We have written elsewhere about Obama's continuation of Bush II's authoritarian policies, as he seems to be trying to outdo Bush in that regard. Pragmatic sensibility led us to choose among lessers in the presidential election of 2008. No more: we would support the most unheard of or media-ridiculed third party or independent presidential candidate around, as long as that person really defends the Constitution and humanity's most moral ideas, if there is such a candidate in the next election.
[Originally published in "Commoner" on Oct. 27, 2010; revised on 10/28/10.]
Copyright 2009 - 2010, Party of Commons TM
[Originally published in "Commoner" on Oct. 27, 2010; revised on 10/28/10.]
Copyright 2009 - 2010, Party of Commons TM
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