However, that is something that “would have been unthinkable in previous times”. “After more than 30 airstrikes on civilian homes in Afghanistan this year, President Hamid Karzai has demanded that such attacks end, but the practice continues in areas of Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen that are not in any war zone,” writes Carter. He adds that it is unknown “how many hundreds of innocent civilians have been killed” in attacks that have all been “approved by the highest authorities in Washington.” “Top intelligence and military officials, as well as rights defenders in targeted areas, affirm that the great escalation in drone attacks has turned aggrieved families toward terrorist organizations, aroused civilian populations against us and permitted repressive governments to cite such actions to justify their own despotic behavior,” writes Carter. Carter’s critical article comes less than a week after the UN’s report on the use of drone strikes by the US to combat terrorism.
Nashindwa kuelewa kuona Watu ambao wanajiita Wasomi wa Watanzania wakiwemo, Marais,Mawaziri,Wabunge,Wawakilishi na Waandishi wa habari wanashindwa kufahamu maana ya Nchi kuwa huru,haki za binaadamu,uhuru wa kuabudu,demokrasia ya kweli,usawa kwa wote, lakini pia dhana ya Muuungano kwa Nchi husika ni nini. Naamini wangalifahamu dhana hizi basi wangeliondokana na zile kasumba na fikra za ukandamizaji zilizoletwa na Wakoloni weupe na baadae kurithishwa kwa Wakoloni weusi kama vile Mwalimu Nyerere na baadhi ya Viongozi wa Afrika ambao kwao wao mabadiliko ya kidemokrasia ni mwiko.