Pentagon Developing Drones That Will Kill Without Human Input; Judgment Day, the Beginning!

Is killing OK if robots do it? Share this action on Facebook Share this action on Twitter U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan alone have topped 300. Other nations now able to use drones have topped 75. The U.S. military is working rapidly to develop drones that will kill without input from any human. U.S. domestic agencies are deploying armed drones. It is time we banned weaponized drones from the world. Please forward this to anyone who might agree! President Obama sought to create "rules" for killing people with drones in case Mitt Romney became president. But we have a legislature, a body of laws, a Constitution, and treaty obligations. Execution by drone is not legal and must be ended. A Congressional resolution of inquiry and lawsuits by the ACLU and New York Times have sought to discover Obama's secret "legal" reasoning. In a recent interview, Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson said that being at war justifies killing with drones, even in nations the United States is not at war with, and even the killing of civilians and U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, Department of State counsel Harold Koh has told Congress that the Constitution and the War Powers Act don't apply to actions lacking U.S. ground forces because those are neither wars nor hostilities. So, is it war or isn't it? Either way, it is clearly illegal, immoral, and already creating blowback. Attorney General Eric Holder has claimed that a person can be executed by drone without being deprived of due process. Jeh Johnson dismisses that idea, relying instead on his claim that war changes what's legal. In the absence of control by the people, a government will make up excuses for whatever it wants to do. Please sign the petition to ban militarized drones now, before we deliver it to government officials. Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends. -- The RootsAction.org team P.S. Our small staff is supported by contributions from people like you; your donations are greatly appreciated. P.P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, and many others. Background: Bureau of Investigative Journalism: October 2012 update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia Bureau of Investigative Journalism: U.S. Secret Wars in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia Washington Post: U.S. Drone Targets in Yemen Raise Questions New York Times: Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will Organizations Supporting This Petition (partial and growing list): Antiwar.com Arlington Green Party