Malala meets Barack Obama and asks him to end Drone Strikes

[Ichingcarpenter]

The Obamas welcomed Malala Yousafzai to the Oval Office “to thank her for her inspiring and passionate work on behalf of girls education in Pakistan,” according to a statement issued by the White House.
Malala said she was honored to meet Obama and that she raised concerns with him about the administration’s use of drones, saying they are “fueling terrorism.”

“I thanked President Obama for the United States’ work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees,” Yousafzai said in a statement published by the Associated Press. “I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact.”

Recently Malala won the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. She was nominated for the Nobel peace prize, but she didn’t get it.




http://rtoz.org/2013/10/12/malala-meets-barack-obama-and-asks-him-to-end-drone-strikes/


BTW

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Malala was also a member of the International Marxist Tendency, supporting international socialism as professed by the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. She sent a message to the group's thirty-second congress on March 9, 2013 asserting that members needed to push ahead in their struggle for socialism and make education reform a priority in advancing the movement


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai

Her message to the conference she couldn't attend because of injuries.


http://www.marxist.com/historic-32nd-congress-of-pakistani-imt-1.htm

"I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.” - Malala Yousafzai

[B Calm]

1. She should have won the peace prize!

[msanthrope]

9. Kindly explain what you mean? nt

[morningfog]

12. I can't speak for the poster. But, Obama increased the frequency and

expanded the use.

By an objective measure, Obama is worse than bush on drone strikes. More drone strikes, more frequent, more civilian deaths, strikes in more regions and countries.

[Demo_Chris]

13. But Obama's drones are loaded with candyfloss and skittles, so it's okay. nt

[haikugal]

3. She's a keeper!

We need more voices like hers, what a gem.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. She didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize

He did.....Life's irony.

[marmar]

5. k/r

[CTyankee]

6. What a brilliant, wise girl she is!

I love the smile on Malia's face looking at her. I love the fact that the Obamas included her.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. so the other story on DU omitted her message

and was not discussed at all, yet got
143 records.

Interesting.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

10. I was unaware when I posted that photo.

I'm sure they discussed a wide array of topics, but the intent of my post was to share the photo that had been released before any details of the conversation were released.

[Enrique]

8. she doesn't understand the threat of terrorism

[socialist_n_TN]

11. And yet another thread that ignores the fact that she considers herself......

a Trotskyist. Albeit one of the Grantite lineage. Still... The only post about her that has gotten any remarks on this, IMO, significant factoid is the one you posted in Socialist Progressives group. Interesting.

[eridani]

14. Link from Reader Supported News

Malala to Obama: "Drones Fueling Terrorism"

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/19831-malala-to-obama-qdrones-fueling-terrorismq

[socialist_n_TN]

15. Oh hell. I'm going to kick this just for the fact that she's come out as a Trot...........

Everybody loves Malala. Now. Will they still love her when they realize she's a classic Marxist of the Trotskyist tendency? I wonder.

[Dr. Strange]

16. Malala has just been banned from the BOG.

[socialist_n_TN]

17. Not surprising.....