End US drone strikes in Yemen!

  • by: Tee
  • recipient: President Barack Obama

Weddings are traditionally filled with fun, laughs, and worry-free good times. That’s the energy surrounding most weddings. Imagine you’re a part of a wedding convoy heading to a reception venue when a lethal US drone strikes your caravan killing 17 presumed innocent people. What was to be a joyous, festive celebration of love devolves into a living nightmare.

This is the reality for many innocent Yemeni citizens.

In remarks made at the National Defense University in May 2013, President Obama promised, "Before any strike is taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured — the highest standard we can set."

According to a November 2014 report by the international legal charity, Reprieve, US drone strikes kill 28 unidentified people for every 1 intended target.

The frequent use of lethal drone strikes and civilian casualties creates more instability in the region and fosters hatred towards America, undermining our national security with the creation of more angry radicalized young people sympathetic to al-Qaeda.

This is unacceptable.

Six hundred members of the Saudi Arabian armed forces are reportedly assisting the legitimate Yemeni military in regaining control of their country. We should let them help and stop our drone strikes in the region.

Please sign this petition to tell President Obama, that you respectfully demand the immediate end to drone strikes in Yemen as a matter of our national security.

Dear President Barack Obama:

Sir, I am very concerned about the drone strikes in Yemen that are killing countless numbers of innocent civilians. I fear a continuation of these strikes will only serve to create a new generation of extremists who will seek comfort in the arms of al-Qaeda.


I believe we can change this course and avert catastrophic outcomes by ceasing all drone strokes in Yemen and permitting the United Arab Emeragtes and Saudi Arabia to take a lead role in reducing extremism in Yemen and throughout the region.


The way in which we've handled these drone strikes is unacceptable.



This is not who we are as Americans.
We are a civilized nation of laws.
We are a nation that believes in justice, fairness, and due process.


We are better than this, Mr. President and I call upon you to end these drone air strikes in Yemen.


 

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