A Facebook post related to Boston Marathon bombing went viral in Pakistan this weekend, HuffPost reported on Monday.
The author of the post Micah Daigle, a special agent at Collective Agency living in San Francisco, narrated the bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s final moments before his capture in the post.
“On Friday at 7:05pm Eastern Time, Boston Police received a report that suspected terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding in a boat in Watertown,” he wrote. “At 7:15pm, the low buzz of a drone was heard overheard. Seconds later, an enormous explosion engulfed the area, destroying the boat and several nearby homes. Sources say 46 Watertown residents were killed in the missile strike, including 12 children.”
The founder of an agency that works on empowering a free and collaborative world, had expected a handful of likes and shares on his post. On the contrary, by Monday, the post had received more than 7,000 likes and shares with over 1,000 comments.
“I wasn't expecting it,” Daigle told HuffPost. “I am not a prominent anti-war activist, and I've never done any work protesting drone strikes. This was just something I needed to vent. I figured it would get a hundred likes and maybe a few shares. I never imagined it would blow up like this.”
The post further stated:
Of course, that's not what happened. But if it did, wouldn't we find it unconscionable?
If so, then why are Americans okay with our government doing this to people in other countries?
In Pakistan alone, the US government has killed more than 3,000 people with drone strikes... and only 1 out of 50 were suspected terrorists. The rest were bystanders, rescue workers, and children.
While many, mostly Pakistanis, appreciated Daigle’s initiative for getting in their shoes and seeing the world from their perspective, other simply criticised the author for lack of loyalty towards his nation.
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What surprised me was that this guy had written what I had already published on my anti-drone but after me!!! So hardly original thought... http://blog.approximatetargetfilm.com/drones-boston-bombing-and-targeted-killing-of-suspected-terrorists/
@Sry: Kahmiri Islamic Millitants and Naxalites are operating inside India and are not a threat to any other country -Like the Talibans operating from inside Pakistan are threat to UN sponsored multi national anti terrorist action going in nearby Afghanistan.As Pakistan is adding abetting these taliban forces eg Haqqani network -only recourse left is drone.
@Sry: "@ Anwar Hasan: You’re right, Pak police not good at catching criminals. Also, India is not good at ending Kashmir militancy or handling naxxalites, "
Wrong on facts: India has dealt quite well with terrorism from Kashmir and it is down significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Just recently we sentenced and executed one such - Afzal Guru - you may have heard of him. Even Naxalites footprint is significantly lowered from 2009 once the problem was recognized and a sincere holistic effort started to tackle the problem.
Wrong on logic: Unlike Pakistan, India has never bombed its own population - insurgent or not. Secondly the Kashmir insurgents or Naxalites do not attack other countries, so US or any other country has no reason to be involved - quite different from the Haqqanis and Afghan Taliban who use Pakistan territory to attack NATO troops. Finally India does not even give permission to foreign governments to have a base in India let alone drone Indians. Musharraf has already admitted to giving permission to drones and wikileaks indicated that Gilani had done the same.So in comparing India and Pakistan you re comparing chalk and cheese.
"I never imagined it would blow up like this.”
I am amazed & many times disgusted with my fellow country men as their is no comparison to Pakistani angst always directed to the wrong issues. DRONES would not matter if Pakistan rid themselves of terrorist. We let Osama Bin Laden live in our back yard, we allow Taliban to roam freely & enforce there wretched interpretation of Islam. There are daily acts of violence in Karachi by political parties, minorites are being persecuted, our country is brimming with corruption and yet we blame the world for our sub human existence.
@ Anwar Hasan: You're right, Pak police not good at catching criminals. Also, India is not good at ending Kashmir militancy or handling naxxalites, why don't hey ask US to conduct drone campaign there as well? Drones are just untenable.
Also, I don't think Micah Daigle should have written this post, it was a tragedy and one shouldn't start comparing the horrible cruelty of drones and the Boston incident. All such acts should be condemned.
There is no need of drone strikes in Boston. Boston Police can catch the criminal themselves. If Pakistan did its job and caught all its criminals there would be no drone strikes. Unfortunately Pakistani Police is corrupt and lives from the bheek (handout) of these criminals and does not catch them. Such is the sate of affairs in the land of the pure.
Well, I myself could write similarly ironic post about a terrorist attack in Pakistan to cleverly focus world's attention towards Pakistan's terrorist activities in India in the recent past. But it wouldn't ironic (since it's for real) and I can't imagine any Pakistani appreciating my "initiative" and "perspective".
There's a difference Micah - the United States was allowed to use its police in Boston, but it is not allowed to use its men to go inside FATA and apprehend terrorists. The Pakistan govt is not interested in doing this either.
Sir we respect and laud your boldness and honesty for speaking truth!