How many civilians is the Unites States of America authorized to kill in order to kill one insurgent? And who makes these decisions? Who oversees those who make the decisions? Has Congress no say? Do we have any judicial review in this country of the murder of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals? After a while, after years of drones being flown from the other side of the world leaving innocent victims lying dead on the ground, either upgrade your methods of assassination or let us have complete transparency as to who is making these decisions. I just am not comfortable with the Deputy Secretary of Defense handing President Obama a few cards with pictures of terrorists on them in thirty different countries around the world and hearing President Obama say, "Take this one and this one and this one." I do not think that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people ever intended to grant the president of the United States that kind of power to kill both U.S. citizens as he has already done and others around the world. As the global communications advance we are going to start seeing on youtube the drone missile launched, the bodies blown apart, and the family members asking the world on internet a few hours later why the United States murders innocent people in this way. And then some clever hacker or internet sleuth is going to post the pictures of the lieutenant who flew that drone and the commander who authorized that strike. And then finally the Committee on Armed Services is going to hold a hearing and put up a large cardboard exhibit showing the chain of command and just who and how decisions are made. And then too some clever activist is going to put up a internet site showing the faces and names of every single innocent civilian killed by U.S. attack drones. And then one day even Erin Burnett on CNN and others will start saying on the air--"These are the names and faces of innocent civilians who the United States has killed today which President Obama authorized on such and such a date." You can get away with murder as long as no one is looking or no one challenges what you are doing. But a "transparent" government is an accountable government--something that has yet to appear on earth in spite of all the "promises" so far made. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/29/nato-investigating-airstrike-in-afghanistan-that-killed-child/?intcmp=latestnews

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Afghanistan said Friday that it is investigating an airstrike it launched
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The coalition known as the International Security Assistance Forces
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said Thursday's airstrike also killed an insurgent in southern
Afghanistan's Helmand province.
"The International Security Assistance Force confirms that an airstrike
was conducted on a known insurgent riding a motorbike in Helmand,"
ISAF said.
It added that it was also aware that Afghan authorities said "that in
addition to the insurgent being killed, there was one child also killed
and two women injured. ISAF, along with Afghan authorities, will
immediately conduct an investigation into the incident."
The coalition said it regretted any civilian casualties as a result of its
airstrike and that it was "committed to ensuring that all measures are
taken to prevent civilian casualties. Coalition officials will work with

2. Afghan officials to determine what happened and why. We extend our
deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those killed or
wounded."
President Hamid Karzai has in the past criticized the coalition for
often causing civilian casualties as a result of some airstrikes. Such
incidents have fallen off sharply in recent years following stricter
guidelines by NATO on the use of air power against ground targets.
Karzai has demanded an end to all such incidents along with a stop to
all raids on Afghan homes by foreign forces as a condition for him to
sign a long-delayed security deal with the United States.
He has already deferred signing a deal until his second and last term
expires in April, but has not completely excluded the possibility of
doing so.
The Taliban and other insurgent groups are blamed for the
overwhelming majority of civilian casualties, most of which are caused
by roadside bombs targeting Afghan or foreign forces.
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