'US strikes' on Pakistan villages

Name: Dean (49712059)

Article#6

Date: 6/11/2008

From: BBC

'US strikes' on Pakistan villages

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7702679.stm

My reaction:

The news is about the air strikes in a Pakistan village and caused more than 20 people killed.

First, there were two strikes. Both of the strikes caused 20 people died because of the manhunt to the terrorists. I think it was a tragedy. Those people died in the attack were only in the wrong place in the wrong time. On the other hand, the US military should take the responsibility for the tragedy. They were the one who ordered to fire. Although wanting to get rid of the militants, they should have collected more information attack instead of launching missiles at random. Anti-terrorism is not a reason or an excuse to start war. Moreover, soldiers came down to the tool of brutal massacre. Soldiers should protect citizens, not to slaughter the innocence. Should we consider our safety problem as we don’t know when we would be attacked by our “protector"-soldier.

Second, the US forces were hunting the militants when they cross the border of Pakistan. It seemed alright and reasonable, but they didn’t ask the entering permission of the Pakistani government. In my notion, that was obviously an incursion. That action offended a country’s territory right even though they were on mission. A term which refers to the action is hegemonism-an ism that a nation in aggressive expanding its influence over other countries. Because of having the most sophisticated weapons, the US forces can sweep away all over the world without any resistance.

As a result, I thought we should make good use of those sophisticated technology to benefit the world instead of destroying it. Eventually, Our world is getting better.(205 words)