This video seems to have been made for purposes other than protesting the murder of children, but it makes the reason for the growing anger in the non-terrorist Muslim populations much clearer. What do you think?
Compare the Boston tragedy with other tragedies
by fulltimestudent 2 Replies latest social current
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fulltimestudent
I posted the above for a reason. For some months past, I've noted at least 3 news discussions in Asia Times warning that tensions were building in Muslim countries over the increasing deaths of children in American drone attacks on alleged terrorists. I wanted to try to graphically illustrate what has been happening, and selected the above Article/Video.
I'm sorry now I used it (because of its confused motivations) not because I think its inaccurate, but because there are better descriptions of the problem. The western world was (rightly) shocked at the Boston murders, maybe most of all, over the death of an 8 y.o. boy waiting for his father to finish the race.
But, can we understand the equivalent anguish at the deaths of so many children in Muslims areas? The parents and relatives of the slaughtered kids have feelings too! The hatred toward the murderers of kids in the Muslim world may be building up like the pressure inside a pressure cooker (intended analogy). Can people in the west understand that?
The motivation of the two young perpetrators of the Boston tragedy is as yet unknown. Suggestions have been made that these boys were influenced by the nationalist or Islamic movements in Chechnya, although US 'experts' are saying they were not.
( See The Economist, April 27, 2013: http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21576728-boston-bombs-have-put-new-focus-russias-islamist-republics-islamists-russia )
I suggest that the emotional input neccessary to motivate these two people to the point of a willingness to kill, is likely a result of the build up of hatred over the dead kids who have been victims of attacks by American drones.
For a better graphic summary of the slaughtered kids see this Economist article: http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/charting-drone-strikes
For an enlargement of the interactive graph see: http://drones.pitchinteractive.com/
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