Saturday, December 21, 2013

The dishonesty of Human Rights Watch on US drones in Yemen

Look at this disgustingly deceptive statement:  "“The contradictory reports about what happened on Dec. 12 underscore the critical need for more transparency from the Obama administration and Yemeni authorities about these strikes,” said Letta Tayler of Human Rights Watch, who has done extensive research in Yemen about the drone strikes. "  1) There is nothing contradictory about the reports.  There is overwhelming evidence confirmed by US media including the New York Times that the US drone killed civilians.  What is contradictory about that? The US government has not even presented any evidence to the contrary other than its standard general statement of obfuscation and lies.  2) Notice that Tayler of HRW included Yemen in the sentence:  " transparency from the Obama administration and Yemeni authorities about these strikes".  Oh, really? The Yemeni government? As if the Yemeni government is anything except a puppet government of the US.