Hellfire in Af-Pak
A CIA-operated spy plane over Pakistan on Jan. 23–a full three days into the Obama administration–fired three Hellfire missiles on the property of Haji Khalil Dawar, killing 10 people and injuring several others. 1
Each Hellfire missile that the drones fire in the wars costs more than what my wife and I make in a year:
$77,358.49
Obama wants to buy 742 more Hellfires next year. That will cost $57,400,000.
Overall, the first Obama wars budget is only 9% less than the last W wars budget. 2
Is that the change America voted for?
More importantly, when did God delegate to the US the right to rain Hellfire on people?
SOURCES:
1. Yusufzai, Mushtaq. Thousands attend funeral of drone victims. January 25, 2009. The News.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19872 A total of 22 persons were killed in two attacks that weekend. US claimed some of the dead were militants, clerics at the funerals said all were civilians.
2. Leys, Jeff. President Obama’s War Budget: Analyzing the Numbers. May 4, 2009.
