Sir: I want to use this opportunity to register my protest against the indiscriminate use of US drones in the war in Afghanistan. These drones are radicalising more youth than al Qaeda or the Taliban can ever hope to do and are not even considered a game changer in the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There is more anti-Americanism now in Pakistan than there was during the Bush era. Killer drones are the worst way to win the hearts and minds of people. Many American and global voices like the former American president Jimmy Carter are openly cautioning against setting this dangerous precedent of drone warfare. I hope through this letter my protest will be conveyed to Ambassador Marc Goodman, the US army personnel and the CIA operatives who order these strikes. The US needs to lead the world with responsibility and uphold the best ethics of just warfare in keeping with international law.
I want to remind us all of Doctor King’s quote: “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period…was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
SALMAN AHMAD
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