Confessions of a former drone warrior – CNN.com Video

CNN’s Hala Gorani, in for Christiane Amanpour, speaks with former U.S. drone sensor operator Brandon Bryant.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

He believes he killed a child.

 

Adults used to be children too.

 

Does race play a role in this? Does racism? Or nationalism? Thinking one’s own country and people are better than another country and people.

See on www.cnn.com

Smiley & West | Mairead Maguire

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Smiley-and-West-PRI-podcast

“1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire explains why she’s still fighting for peace and justice. Plus, Smiley and West’s analysis of the paralysis and the tragedy of political prisoners Herman Wallace and Lynne Stewart.” –tunein

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LET THEM SPEAK

“It’s been almost a year since I traveled to Pakistan to investigate, film, and interview drone victims and their families. While there, I met Rafiq ur Rehman and his two children, who shared with me the story of how Rafiq’s 67 year-old mother, the children’s grandmother, was killed by a drone strike. Not only did Rafiq lose his mother that day, but his daughter Nebila, 9, and son Zubiar, 13, were also injured.”
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History Repeats Itself, Why I Study History, and History as a Science

There I said it. History. Repeats. Itself. I’ll say it again. History. Repeats. Most historians balk at this notion with a series of well-intended but nonetheless vehement objections. In my experie…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Click through to check the cartoon about immigration:

“History Marches on; Nativism Marches in Place”

 

@getgln

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