Insanely disturbing PBS documentary on Drones
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Insanely disturbing PBS documentary on Drones
How are Pakistan, Iran, and other nations not retaliating against these clear acts of war on part of the USA? We are clearly invading their airspace, we're executing military surveillance as well as carrying out missile strikes against targets that are often civilians.
Am I missing something here? I love the USA, but what we're doing us beyond wrong and we need to be held accountable for what we've done.
What's worse is that we're now all going to be monitored domestically with drones, a huge network of them.
What a Orwellian nightmare...
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How are Pakistan, Iran, and other nations not retaliating against these clear acts of war on part of the USA? We are clearly invading their airspace, we're executing military surveillance as well as carrying out missile strikes against targets that are often civilians.
Am I missing something here? I love the USA, but what we're doing us beyond wrong and we need to be held accountable for what we've done.
What's worse is that we're now all going to be monitored domestically with drones, a huge network of them.
What a Orwellian nightmare...
The answer is very simple: 11.74 BILLION dollars. That's the amount of aid the US government has bribed Pakistan with to overlook these acts of terror. If we stopped paying them off, we would learn very quickly who our real friends are.
From: Foreign aid to Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Between 2002-2010, Pakistan received approximately $18 billion[6] in military and economic aid from the United States. In February 2010, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama requested an additional $3 billion in aid, for a total of $20.7 billion.[7]
Western officials have claimed nearly 70% (roughly $3.4 billion) of the aid given to the military has been misspent in 2002-2007 and used to cover the civilian deficit. However U.S-Pakistani relationship has been a transactional based and U.S military aid to Pakistan and aid conditions has been shrouded in secrecy for several years until recently .[8][9][9][10] Furthermore a significant proportion of U.S. economic aid for Pakistan has ended up in back in the U.S., as funds are channeled through large U.S. contractors. A U.S. lawmaker also said majority of U.S. economic aid has not left the U.S. as it spent on consulting fees and overhead cost.[11][12]
Military and economic aid
Year Military (USD in billions) Economic (USD in billions)
2002 1.36 1.233 for 2002 to 2004
2003 1.500 1.233 for 2002 to 2004
2004 1.200 1.233 for 2002 to 2004
2005 1.313 .338
2006 1.260 .539
2007 1.115 .567
2008 1.435 .507
2009 1.689 1.366
2010 1.232 1.409
2011 1.685 unknown
Total 11.740 billion[13] 6.08 billion[14]
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the sheriffs office is supposed to be buying a UAV, and i'm one of the people in our unit who stepped up to be trained on flying it to be used in search and rescue operations
ACLU is all up in arms about it
Alameda County Sheriff puts UAV purchase on hold until after debate | abc7news.com
Get ready: Drones will come to Bay Area - SFGate
ACLU is all up in arms about it
Alameda County Sheriff puts UAV purchase on hold until after debate | abc7news.com
Get ready: Drones will come to Bay Area - SFGate
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the sheriffs office is supposed to be buying a UAV, and i'm one of the people in our unit who stepped up to be trained on flying it to be used in search and rescue operations
ACLU is all up in arms about it
Alameda County Sheriff puts UAV purchase on hold until after debate | abc7news.com
Get ready: Drones will come to Bay Area - SFGate
ACLU is all up in arms about it
Alameda County Sheriff puts UAV purchase on hold until after debate | abc7news.com
Get ready: Drones will come to Bay Area - SFGate
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