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TYT: Drone Victims Aim Back With A Humanizing Poster
"By giving a face to the victims of drone strikes abroad, a powerful new art project is forcing U.S. drone pilots and policy makers to ponder the deadly consequences of one of America's key counterterrorism programs.
Two weeks ago, artists gathered in a rural community of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to unveil a gigantic portrait of a local child whose parents and siblings were allegedly killed by missiles fired from a U.S. drone.
The installation can be seen from the cameras of drones that are known to fly over the region and is called #NotABugSplat, in reference to the slang used by the military for a man killed in a drone strike."* Desi Doyen (Green News Report), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Jayar Jackson break it down.
#0 sez: "If you want this to really hit home, put picture of the drone operator's kid out in the field."