Editorial: J Brennan: the Killer as CIA Director | PKKH.tv
PKKH Editorial
On his confirmation vote by senate for the next CIA Director, John Brennan, on 6th Feb.,was welcomed with 12 hour non-stop filibuster by Senator Rand Paul, son of 2012republican nominee*Ron Paul. (As per Wikipedia: A filibuster is a type of parliamentary procedure where debate is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal.) Rands major contention was the element that keeps Pakistan volatile and shaken: drones - but not on Pakistani soil, but on American. He had asked the Presidents office whether the President of USA could use drone attacks for killing an American on US soil without a trail: yes, replied the office in a very indirect fashion. Rands filibuster ended when presidents office returned a very short, precise answer to Rands question: No, the president cannot kill an American on US soil without a trial.
The issue of drones is pertinent to Brennan, because hes the architect of the drone program, and as per a Foreign Policy analyst, is the only one who can fix it. Dubbed as counter-terrorism Czar, and profanely so, as the Holy Ghost of the trio of Obamas (un)Holy Trinity, he is the one to inform the President of the worst nightmares, as he says: "The issues that I speak to [Obama] about are life-and-death." He usually goes up to the President to tell such news as the death of a senior official, or capture of a high-valued information. However, as a new CIA chief, his areas of concern will expand many times. Interestingly, TIME reports, Brennan was blocked for the CIA job in Obamas first term by those on the left who thought he was too close to the prior Administrations controversial counterterrorism tactics. He was notorious among liberal circles for his role in "enhanced interrogation tactics" -- read torture; which is not a good label that a CIA field agent, who faces paradoxical moral questions, would like to shield himself with, especially in a high- profile cover around the president. Brennans selection must not be cheering them up a lot.
What is difficult to understand is the credit given to him for being a priest-like figure, most likely to talk about ethics when killing suspects. If hes the man who decides who gets targeted and who doesnt, then who else is responsible for so much civilian deaths and the chaos it has brought. Who else is then responsible for the illegality of the many aspects of drone program, such as not allowing the suspect a fair trial, if Brennan is the architect and shadow-governor of this program?
He was once asked by Stephanopoulos: "Do you stand by the statement you have made in the past that, as effective as they have been, they have not killed a single civilian? That seems hard to believe." His reply: "What I said was that over a period of time before my public remarks that we had no information about a single civilian, a noncombatant being killed. Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population. And unfortunately, sometimes you have to take life to save lives." (This Week with George Stephanopoulos, April 29, 2012.) Is he really informed even yet?
OR! Do the architects of death sit behind their lavish decor, dictating the deaths of thousands of unaware humans, thousands of miles away, without even giving a thought to what the human toll on the other side will be? nor how they destroy the peace, culture and sanity of a previously peaceful people? Brennans new position has raised the eyes of many in Pakistan, where the drones have been devastating the lives and livelihoods of people and communities on a daily basis; turning peaceful, innocent civilians into vulnerable prey for criminals and terror outfits. The US and Brennan as CIA chief are responsible for crippling the lives of thousands of families in our North, and need to pay for the rehabilitation of the townships and homes they have ruined and put to trial their men for each civilian innocent that has unlawfully been killed. Perhaps that would be the first step towards morality for the US and Brennan, though it wont ever be enough to put back what has been destroyed and lost.
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PKKH Editorial
On his confirmation vote by senate for the next CIA Director, John Brennan, on 6th Feb.,was welcomed with 12 hour non-stop filibuster by Senator Rand Paul, son of 2012republican nominee*Ron Paul. (As per Wikipedia: A filibuster is a type of parliamentary procedure where debate is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal.) Rands major contention was the element that keeps Pakistan volatile and shaken: drones - but not on Pakistani soil, but on American. He had asked the Presidents office whether the President of USA could use drone attacks for killing an American on US soil without a trail: yes, replied the office in a very indirect fashion. Rands filibuster ended when presidents office returned a very short, precise answer to Rands question: No, the president cannot kill an American on US soil without a trial.
The issue of drones is pertinent to Brennan, because hes the architect of the drone program, and as per a Foreign Policy analyst, is the only one who can fix it. Dubbed as counter-terrorism Czar, and profanely so, as the Holy Ghost of the trio of Obamas (un)Holy Trinity, he is the one to inform the President of the worst nightmares, as he says: "The issues that I speak to [Obama] about are life-and-death." He usually goes up to the President to tell such news as the death of a senior official, or capture of a high-valued information. However, as a new CIA chief, his areas of concern will expand many times. Interestingly, TIME reports, Brennan was blocked for the CIA job in Obamas first term by those on the left who thought he was too close to the prior Administrations controversial counterterrorism tactics. He was notorious among liberal circles for his role in "enhanced interrogation tactics" -- read torture; which is not a good label that a CIA field agent, who faces paradoxical moral questions, would like to shield himself with, especially in a high- profile cover around the president. Brennans selection must not be cheering them up a lot.
What is difficult to understand is the credit given to him for being a priest-like figure, most likely to talk about ethics when killing suspects. If hes the man who decides who gets targeted and who doesnt, then who else is responsible for so much civilian deaths and the chaos it has brought. Who else is then responsible for the illegality of the many aspects of drone program, such as not allowing the suspect a fair trial, if Brennan is the architect and shadow-governor of this program?
He was once asked by Stephanopoulos: "Do you stand by the statement you have made in the past that, as effective as they have been, they have not killed a single civilian? That seems hard to believe." His reply: "What I said was that over a period of time before my public remarks that we had no information about a single civilian, a noncombatant being killed. Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population. And unfortunately, sometimes you have to take life to save lives." (This Week with George Stephanopoulos, April 29, 2012.) Is he really informed even yet?
OR! Do the architects of death sit behind their lavish decor, dictating the deaths of thousands of unaware humans, thousands of miles away, without even giving a thought to what the human toll on the other side will be? nor how they destroy the peace, culture and sanity of a previously peaceful people? Brennans new position has raised the eyes of many in Pakistan, where the drones have been devastating the lives and livelihoods of people and communities on a daily basis; turning peaceful, innocent civilians into vulnerable prey for criminals and terror outfits. The US and Brennan as CIA chief are responsible for crippling the lives of thousands of families in our North, and need to pay for the rehabilitation of the townships and homes they have ruined and put to trial their men for each civilian innocent that has unlawfully been killed. Perhaps that would be the first step towards morality for the US and Brennan, though it wont ever be enough to put back what has been destroyed and lost.
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