The United States of Aggression

SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY the United States fired yet another drone missile-bomb into Pakistan, and later claimed that the strike killed four people, all terrorists. As a "no longer quite as naive" American citizen, I have my doubtfuls, and I'm taking it with a grain of salt. If the latest American drone strike happened to kill dozens of innocent civilians, we the American people'll never know about it, unless by accident. And of course you never know. The amount of colatteral damage, as they call it, in drone stikes in Pakistan is mounting rather substantially, which is the primary reason why the Pakistani government refuses to permit American drone strikes in Pakistan. The United States does it anyway. All the time. And it knows that there is really nothing that Pakistan can do about it. Obama loves his drone strikes, and he doesn't bother to get permission from the host country beforehand. A true American, that Obama. He likes to look tough, defending America from wicked forces. The new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, rarely if ever abides by the terms of treaties it signs, agreements it makes, or the wishes of so called "allies". Just ask the people living on indian reservations scattered around the country. Native American protests have never been heard any more than the Pakistani protests concerning drone strikes, which are in direct violation of all international law, are being heard now. On the one hand,it gives you a feeling of strength, living in a country which makes it own rules. On the other hand, its a bit creepy. The great thing about being an American is that you can tell the truth about America, and even though it sounds like you're complaining about it, other Americans will either laugh at you, ignore you, or agree with you, and so will most foreigners. But nobody will arrest you, lock you up, try you, and imprison you. Oh say does that illegal spy drone yet fly, o'er the land of the free, and the home, of the brave.