Victim of drone attack

Late this morning I was going to perform a little task on my wife’s laptop computer. The computer did not work. Three hours later it did not work and I gave up. However, by this time I was very frustrated. It has been awhile since I have suffered such computer frustration but it is never nice and I am slow to learn to do my best and give up.

There is a lot of frustration in life, especially if one is poor and in need, like most in the world that need to struggle just to eat and stay alive. So I guess my self-imposed computer frustration is not much to complain about.

Being in constant pain, like one of my friends has been for over four years, causes much frustration. But she deals with it better than most people deal with computer frustration. For victims of American bombs in Israel, Libya, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan life must be terribly frustrating. How does one deal with such overwhelming destructive technology?

Master of technical warfare like drones or air force bombers insulate themselves, if that is possible, from the killing they do. Today NATO planes bombed the library and office of the President of Libya, the same President who we supplied millions of dollars of weapons of destruction to the last few years. They said they were not attempting to kill the President but if he had been in the office or library he would have died. Three persons were reported killed.

If an individual, suicide bomber, uses his body to set off an explosive he is called a ‘terrorist.’ If a pilot bombs a house full of people he is just doing his job. If a drone kills innocent children it is unfortunate. Technology makes it easier and safer to kill but is just as wrong as the suicide bomber.

The US backed Iraqi government is cracking down on freedom of the press, in the form of harassment, detention, and assaults on individual journalists, raids of radio stations, the offices of newspapers and press freedom groups. The US military praises the Iraq security forces for doing this.

Most manmade violence is senseless and technology but technical violence is not only senseless but frustrating. It is no wonder some of us feel the need to Break the Silence.

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