There should be an independent investigation into this. The USA government has lied too often in the past 2 decades. These lies have started wars and resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths.
I don't hate Americans. I just feel that powerful lobbies and corporations within America have manipulated American public opinion that has negatively impacted my life. When I try to question the anti-American sentiment within my country, American hypocrisy is often cited as the reason to hate.
I certainly don't feel that the average American has reason to hate Muslims. Muslims have been negatively portrayed by Western media since 9/11. The subtleties are hard to detect, but there are obvious ones such as labeling of terrorists, terror attacks. Obviously Muslims themselves are at fault themselves; but the self-righteous attitude of the American right-wing makes it difficult to sympathize with any Western terror victims.
I am all in for drone strikes in my country even if it results in a few civilian casualties. But I find it hard to defend the American arrogance and hubris. Just look at the replies in this thread: most people blindly trust their government's overseas action despite having been lied to so many times! They look at us as "shithole" residents. I've also been referred to as a fool, idiot and a troll.
And that makes me wonder: they are killing alleged "terrorists" today. Tomorrow, they may come for me, and the day after for you! They already treat me like one. When the Americans are funding the same people who are indirectly killing Americans and less important people like myself, I find it impossible to believe that anything other than hubris and corporate gain is fueling these attacks which, I must agree, benefit me. For now at least.
It's a shame that American foreign (and anti-muslim? by media corporations) policy is the exact opposite of transparent and accountable.
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