Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a statement today surrounding the April 6 attack that killed 17 civilians, including 12 children, saying that his government holds both US and Taliban forces responsible.
The US air strike targeted ‘Taliban leaders’ in Shigal village, Kunar Province, and has confirmed that the strike took place but it still insisting they aren’t sure if any civilians were killed at all, dubbing the incident “under investigation.”
The strike leveled several houses in the village, crushing civilians within. Karzai insisted the air strikes in residential areas remain unacceptable, but accused the Taliban of using civilian houses as “cover” during the fighting.
Despite repeated changes to the rules surrounding them, NATO air strikes continue to be a huge problem in Afghanistan. Just two days prior to the Kunar incident another air strike hit Ghazni Province, killing four police and two civilians.
The Slaughter of the Children Drones On & On & On & On
When the drones are slaughtering innocent children in your name
do you bother to get concerned even when on your knees on Sunday?
or do you just stick your head in the sand blindly support the troops & just not think about whose to blame
but if you dare to care i have list of their names and ages i could give you from the depths of an odious jingo game steal
Do you ever wonder if your joystick violence is really doing any good for anyone?
or do you get the feeling that something is very wrong & your getting spun & fooled
how can you support exported terrorism when your sworn to defend against it
how can you donate freedom &democracy when its getting embezzled from under you by E/O
Every bullet bought is a loaf of bread stolen from the belly of the hungry
& your self-praising charity checkbook fad doesn't seem to dent the starvation
for if you spent 2.2 million every minute, of everyday, of every year since Jesus was born
you would have spent what your nation purchased on the military just in one year
Do you wonder why your schools don't have books & pencils
why your bridges are crumbling down & the roads are potholed like Swiss cheese
while your politicians live in mansions with 5-star chefs lapping at life-long luxury
then again today they announced another bone-cut to the needy, homeless and disabled
How could anyone with a shred of conscience bow before a flag without bending over with nausea
knowing underneath the killing of the innocent is a weekly act in nations we are not at war with
that after a mob- hit, the war-gang fires off another drone when medics & rescuers come to the scene
we've forgotten what we stand for by the very deeds we toe-tag and their is no justification
Now we know by special executive decree memo called a 'white paper'
the Nobel Peace prize holder president has the power to murder americans beyond the law
it is solely up to the president when it comes to life and death and it is all a hush-hush secret
change we have been deceived by has shown the articulate wooly sheep to be but a child-eating wolf
Anyone who murders children by drone and then jokes about it is a sociopath
a leader who becomes a serial killer validated by secret edicts he wont share with his employers is a despot
expansion and consolidation of extreme consolidated power will one day target you and yours
For what goes on abroad in your name will backblow as it comes around to get you and yours tomorrow
Just south of key west at Guantanamo every law, principle & value you hold dear is tortured and molested
across the pond the most nefarious crimes are done in your name with your $ & only with your support
yet at home you pop a blu pill then bury your head deep in the sand far from the massive contradiction
your heart bleeds for Newton yet when your troops do the exact same thing you raise a flag & a stiff arm
For what profits an empire when it can envelop the world and dominate it
yet in the process of accumulation they loose their values, principles and in so doing their very soul
still atonement must be rectified somewhere at some time and justice can be forestalled but not denied
and this is the vision that i dream someday will come to be;
For all the innocent children who've been the victims of the american military machine
i would willingly witness each and everyone of them walk by in front of every war supporter and soldier
to deeply gaze into their eyes to say with conviction, question and horror;
Why did you murder me?
Wow, that was heartbreaking to read… I got goosebumps. The truth is, a generation can never recover from a massacre like this one.