DRONE - breaking human rights

In our English class we watched the movie Drone. It's an interesting documentary concerning the US military, human rights, equality and world issues. The movie shows how the American Forces are taking innocent lives in Pakistan and how they're easily killing civilians and even children with only pressing a button on a joystick. The film is both shocking and informative, and I strongly suggest people to watch it, because this is something we should raise awareness to. To understand the plot better or if you don´t have time to watch the full movie, click the trailer below.

How does the US military use computer games in recruiting drone pilots?

As you probably can imagine, video games, simulators and so on contain the same similarities as being a drone pilot. However, the main difference is that drone pilots are actually taking lives, while video games are of course happening virtually. Most video games are sharpening your mind, teaching you to precisely aim and kill victims. These are qualities that the US military is looking for while recruiting drone pilots. Much like video gamers, the drone pilots are sitting in a closed off room and manoeuvres a drone and killing off people who are seen as a threat to the US.

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What arguments against drones does earlier drone pilots have?

The initial drone pilots are mainly struggling with their conscience and not being able to live with themselves due to what they have executed. Taking multiple innocent lives characterises a person and marks them for life. The retired drone pilots are reflecting around the fact that drone attacks is not a secure and appropriate way to attack their targets. The former pilots was told that the Pakistani people was threatening the US and deserved to die. They did what they was told to do and didn't get the correct amount of information that they should have gotten about the attacks. The missiles in the drones have ruined buildings and killed civilians because of the lack of precision. 

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What are the viewpoints of the Pakistani Human rights lawyers?

The human rights lawyers of Pakistan are actively trying to make the people of Pakistan be heard by the world. They were constantly demonstrating and helped the  In the movie Drone we saw that the lawyers printed out big pictures of terrified children in despair and placed them on top of roofs, so that the drone pilots could see who they could be hurting. 

The following picture was taken in the ruins after a drone attack. The image shows three innocent orphans that are playing and collecting rocks among the burning surroundings. They didn't understand anything that was happening around them.

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To show the damage that the drones made, the lawyers then magnified one of the children from the picture and placed on a banner on a surface that the drones would target. This is shown on the picture below.

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When is it okay to break article three in Human Hights laws? the right to life, freedom and personal security.

The CIA and USAF are targeting suspicious and potential terrorist that could be linked to the happenings on 9/11-2001. They're saying that they're only executing the threats and eliminates the dangers, but that's not the truth. The drones are hitting innocents as well. It's only okay to break article three in certain cases. For example if you need to defend yourself when are in danger or being physically threatened.

How do you think the Norwegian Government would react if terrorists had been targeted by the drones in Norway?

I think that if something like this were to happen i Norway, more people would be aware of it. Norway is a rich country with more forces and less terrorism. If american drones would target terrorists in Norway, it would be all over the news and people would be horrified. People aren't aware of the attacks in Pakistan, and more awareness should be raised. Norway would gather forces and a war or a big conflict would be released.

Who are responsible for the loss of civil lives?

The CIA and USAF are responsible for all the innocent lives taken. The drone pilots are also accomplices, but those who are making the decision to fire from the drone, are more guilty than those who are manoeuvring the drones trough joysticks.

If one terrorist are killed among a hundred of innocent persons, is it really worth it? why is the US government allowing this? These are questions that have no answers. In my opinion, this is an insane way of killing terrorists. So many lives are ruined and Pakistan lives under constant fear. 

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-Eivor