Bombs Away U.S. of A.

How many countries has 'the United States of America' attacked this month?

Social Outcast Harbored by TIME Magazine

Before I saw this clip I thought I had heard everything.  Now I know otherwise.

Towards the end of this three minute debate with Joe Scarborough on the topic of killer computers in the sky (i.e. drones) Joe Klein from TIME says "The bottom line is...whose four-year old gets killed".

 

Does the U.S. Plan to Bomb Yemen for 16 Years?

Apparently a six year long bombing campaign in Yemen is just not enough for the U.S.  

The tiny African country of Djibouti is now a legal landlord to the U.S. military for the next ten years.  Separated from Yemen by only 20 miles via the Red Sea the small Muslim country will collect $630,000,000 in rent from the U.S. Treasury over the next decade.

Of course the 800,000 residents of Djibouti and the 317,000,000 residents of the U.S. have no input in this decision.  The contractual parties include only the small number of people calling themselves "the state" in both America and Africa.  

Did You Vote on the U.S. Invasion of Yemen?

U.S. Bombing of Southern Yemen (2013/Reuters)

U.S. military members described as "elite and clandestine" were involved in the killing of 65 people in Yemen last month.  This is in addition to the roughly 1,000 people the U.S. has bombed to death in the country since 2009*.

With the U.S. invasion of Yemen lasting six years you would think that the people paying for the war would at least be asked to vote on it.

Did you see a ballot initiative about funding the war in Yemen?

Has your Senator called you and asked your opinion about the matter?

Maybe there was a box on the IRS tax form that asked how much of your tax dollars should go toward funding the war against the people of Yemen.

Or maybe the politicians simply don't allow their subjects to vote on important matters like war and peace.  

*data from The New America Foundation