National Bird Page #6

for fabricating

faulty information

on the civilian deaths and the

US led drone war, worldwide.

Heather Linebaugh has questioned

the accuracy of the information

collected by the drone

saying, "The videos

provided are not

clear enough to detect

militants from civilians."

The former American

analyst also said

that drones in the US at wars

are not used as protection

but rather as a weapon.

HEATHER:
This is a

perfect example of what

it would look like, unaltered.

This is probably the best

you'll get on a good day.

It's why it's so difficult

to make that choice.

I say there's at least two

possible, possible children.

And then one of them runs away.

It's like, I care

because of what

I've... what I've

seen happen to, like,

my fellow veterans and stuff.

Like, how... what I've

seen happen to people.

Like, my friends have

suffered so much.

I've had so many friends

that are like, oh, man, I

can't live with myself

for what I did in Iraq.

Like, I can't live with myself

for the things that I've done.

And not... this isn't

just for myself.

Like, this isn't some kind

of, like, self-healing thing

for me.

Like, I found more

self-healing through doing

massage and everything.

This isn't even that

therapeutic for me.

Every time I do one of

these things I'm like,

I feel awful, because then

I have to talk about it

and tell people about it

and all kinds of stuff.

And people think my story's all

mega important or something.

And it's... I'm not

saying this for, like,

the importance of myself.

I'm saying it because

I need to say it.

Because my other

veteran friends are too

drunk to spend time to

say anything about it.

Or they're not around anymore.

Trying to just get people to

change how they view things

and they're like,

policymakers aren't listening,

policymakers don't care.

It's not going to

change anything.

So I'm gonna put

myself out there,

risk being put on

some kind of FBI

watch list or something

for just saying

that, yeah, the drone program

makes people feel bad.

Like, I'm basically saying

the drone program can give you

post-traumatic stress disorder.

That shouldn't be a surprise.

And like, for me to just

say something like that

and then have people say

it's not gonna make a change.

"You're gonna be the

next Edward Snowden."

It's just- it pisses me off.

And it makes me not

even want to try.

Because if I'm gonna get all

this awful horrifying attention

from like, the government

and stuff, what's the point?

Like, if I ended up... if

someone come in to my house

and puts a bag over my

hand and hauls me away,

then what was the point

of anything I did?

Am I really changing

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