By ROLAND G. SIMBULAN
Bulatlat.com
If a smart bomb could think
will a drone ask why it has become
America’s deadliest, lethal
global fighting machine?
If a drone could think
will it ask why it disrespects sovereignty
and spies, maims and kills foreign citizens
thousands of miles away?
Will a drone be afraid
why it is called the scariest
of names: Switchblade,
Predator, Avenger, Reaper?
If a drone could think
will it ask why its controllers
direct it to bomb other nations for ‘justice’
while other bombs are ‘terrorist acts’ ?
Will a drone wonder why
it is made to trigger
undeclared wars and conflicts
thru borderless offensive operations?
If a drone could choose
would it refuse to deliver
death from the sky that scatter
the flesh and blood of the innocents?
If a drone could choose
would it still disperse deadly pellets
that cause extensive damage
and rain death on helpless children?
If a drone could think
would it rather spy on corrupt tyrants
supported by U.S. dollars
and cease terrorizing foreign lands?
If a drone could think
would it transform itself into social programs
instead of being a part for space-directed wars
that create more hatreds and sufferings in the world?
But a drone is a machine
and it is in the hands of humans
who think and choose
to regenerate their kind.
Quezon City
August 3, 2013
