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| Abeer Sikder |
By Abeer Sikder, Class of 2014
I recently had the urge to write something controversial and divisive. I read an article about the drone war (correction: the one-sided drone war) the US is perpetuating. It put me in an uncomfortable state, and I felt the need to express my views on horrific nature of violence.
Furthermore, I hope this piece serves as a criticism of the Obama administration and America’s current foreign policy.
Game of Drones (inspired by the namesake Al-Jazeera article from Feb. 16, 2013)
Robots in the sky do all the dirty work
Now killing is efficient – a great wartime perk.
Is this actually immoral or really all the same?
I mean it’s just murder, with less torture and pain.
Thousands are dead, but so few complaints
Do we really not care about the image this creates?
As long as we’re the superpower, they can’t do a thing
But if they brought their shit here, we’d kill all their kings.
We want to take out our enemies without killing so many
But these innocent lives are as worthless as pennies.
How can we face such threats without sacrificing a few?
Easy – bribe the media so it’s not on the news.
America is now the new imperial state
Hated by the world, but we think we’re so great.
Spreading violence around the globe has become our solution
We empower our enemies just so we can abuse ‘em.
Abeer Sikder, of Paintsville, Ky., is a junior McConnell Scholar at the University of Louisville. He is studying economics, finance and political science.