It is a beautiful morning in Seattle when, over Puget Sound, a glinting object is spotted in the sky. Within minutes an unmanned drone, painted in the emerald green of the Pakistani flag, is raining down missiles on Pike Place Market where suspected al-Qaeda operatives are meeting to plan an attack on Karachi. The next day Islamabad admits that although the mission successfully took out the suspected terrorists, there has been some collateral damage. Among the American civilians killed is a 68-year-old grandmother who had come to the market with her grandchildren to buy vegetables. Her eight-year-old granddaughter, though unharmed in the attack, asks: “Will I be next?”
一个美丽的清晨，在美国西雅图的普吉湾上空出现一个闪闪发光的物体。几分钟内，一架涂成巴基斯坦国旗翡翠绿色的无人机出现了，朝着派克农贸市场发射了雨点般的导弹，基地组织(al-Qaeda)嫌犯正在这里开会，策划对巴基斯坦城市卡拉奇发起攻击。第二天，巴基斯坦政府承认，尽管这次无人机执行的任务圆满地清除了恐怖分子嫌犯，但也出现了一些附带伤害。被杀害的美国平民中有一位68岁的老奶奶，她带着孙女去市场买菜。她8岁的孙女虽然在攻击中没有受伤，但问道：“我会是下一个吗？”