What's so special about this case in comparison to the countless other innocent victims of the US foreign policy in the last 15 years? That he was American? Is the life of an American more precious than that of other people? Is the US government not bound to basic ethics regarding people from other countries and only hold accountable if the fatality has been one of their own?
An American life is definitely not more important than the civilians killed everywhere else by our foreign policy, and I will be one of the first people to tell you that the US's foreign policy is abysmal. As I mentioned earlier, we have a drone policy that says any military aged males killed in the strike zone are recognized as enemy combatants until it can be proven otherwise.. so there's no telling how man civilians we have killed, and through Abdulrahman's death we have been able to prove that the US government makes attempts to lie about the age of those killed in our drone strikes.
In the case of Abdulrahman, it could be proven he was younger than what the US government was claiming through his American birth certificate.
I made this thread about Abdulrahman's death for two reasons, 1 being the day I posted this was the anniversary of the day he was killed, and 2 being how this incident in particular effects us internally and externally. It is an issue that brings attention to both our unjust foreign policy, as well as our loss of due process. Prolonged war tends to have this effect on a country, in the US's earlier history it was the alien and sedition act, in modern times it is the patriot act and the war on terror
I apologize if you felt I was implying that an American life is more important than the life of an innocent life elsewhere. Believe me when I say that I am appalled by the innocent lives lost everywhere we are dropping bombs, be it Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Iraq, or Syria.
I don't feel our foreign policy will change any time soon, so I feel I am left to express my frustrations to the internet. My hopes are that some day enough people will get pissed to make a real difference