Posted to the Mindanao Examiner blog site (Aug 15): Letter to the Editor: No to US Drone Warfare in Mindanao and Elsewhere! US Troops Out Now!
WE WELCOMEthe pronouncement of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of not allowing Davao City to be used as a launching pad for US military unmanned aerial vehicles or drones nor for the basing of so-called ‘permanently rotational’ military troops.
UAVs, commonly called drones, are the latest military equipment-robots boasted by theUS US
But what American President Barack Obama portrays as its prized war materiel possession, the realities in the battlefield and in communities betrays as its loss. Robots do not have discernment, a fundamental flaw in war and in any other human activity. Thus, this drone warfare has killed so many civilians, most of them women and children. In countries where drone warfare has been relied upon by theUS as its most effective weapon to track down terrorists, it is the US
Aside from clearly being an issue of human rights, the US-led war of terror against the peoples of the world is an aggression against the sovereignty of nations. Drone surveillances and attacks are particularly directed at countries where theUS
We repudiate the US-led war of terror. Mayor Duterte correctly points out that it is theUS Davao City in 2002, the year preceding the deadly Davao Philippines
The bombing and bomb scare situation in Mindanao, as in the string of terror in the past, show a pattern of scenario-building in order to justifyUS Mindanao was rocked by bombings, Malacanang was shamelessly asking for an increase in the number of US military rotational forces in the country, aside from justifying the continuing US-Philippine joint military exercises.
That Mayor Duterte was approached by theUS to use the old airport as a military base, starting with its drone program, speaks of a US military design in Mindanao as part of the US pivot to Asia . It also exposes President Aquino’s backdoor compromises and sell out of the national sovereignty by expanding the coverage of the Visiting Forces Agreement and optimizing the master-and-lackey relationship between the US and the Philippines
We say No to US Drones inDavao , Mindanao and in the world! Junk VFA and MDT!
InPeace Mindanao
Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao
Rm. 101 Kalinaw Center for Interfaith Resources
13 Francisco Avenue, Juna Subdivision, Matina, 8000, Davao City
Philippines
telefax: +63.82.299.4964
email: inpeace.info@yahoo.com
web: www.kalinaw.com.ph
facebook: inpeacemindanao
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WE WELCOMEthe pronouncement of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of not allowing Davao City to be used as a launching pad for US military unmanned aerial vehicles or drones nor for the basing of so-called ‘permanently rotational’ military troops.
UAVs, commonly called drones, are the latest military equipment-robots boasted by the
But what American President Barack Obama portrays as its prized war materiel possession, the realities in the battlefield and in communities betrays as its loss. Robots do not have discernment, a fundamental flaw in war and in any other human activity. Thus, this drone warfare has killed so many civilians, most of them women and children. In countries where drone warfare has been relied upon by the
Aside from clearly being an issue of human rights, the US-led war of terror against the peoples of the world is an aggression against the sovereignty of nations. Drone surveillances and attacks are particularly directed at countries where the
We repudiate the US-led war of terror. Mayor Duterte correctly points out that it is the
The bombing and bomb scare situation in Mindanao, as in the string of terror in the past, show a pattern of scenario-building in order to justify
That Mayor Duterte was approached by the
We say No to US Drones in
InPeace Mindanao
Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao
Rm. 101 Kalinaw Center for Interfaith Resources
13 Francisco Avenue, Juna Subdivision, Matina, 8000, Davao City
Philippines
telefax: +63.82.299.4964
email: inpeace.info@yahoo.com
web: www.kalinaw.com.ph
facebook: inpeacemindanao
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