Russia Today: Two major military-related groups, Officers of Russia and Soldiers’ Mothers, have addressed the Nobel Committee with a request to evaluate the inhumane statements made by the US president in reference to drone warfare.

“I would like to bring to your attention that the members of our organization were surprised and outraged by the statement made by the Nobel Prize laureate and US President Barack Obama quoted in the book ‘Double Down’ by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann,” the head of the all-Russian NGO ‘Officers of Russia’, Anton Tsvetkov, wrote in the letter to the committee, as quoted by the Infox.ru news site.

“While discussing the use of drones in counterterrorist operations in a closed conference with his aides, Barack Obama cynically noted that he was ‘very good at killing people.’ In connection with this we ask you to give an official legal and moral assessment of Barack Obama’s words in relation to their compatibility with the high title of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate,” the Russian activist added.

Tsvetkov told reporters at a press conference in Moscow that military professionals in his organization were strongly against the use of drone aircraft in combat as this weapon often causes casualties among civilians. He claims the Officers of Russia possess information proving that Obama personally sanctioned the combat use of drones during missions in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia and other countries.

The chairwoman of the Soldiers’ Mothers Committee, Flora Salikhovskaya, said  that her group was supporting this address adding that solving all problems through military force has become Barack Obama’s trademark.

“Being a mother and a Human Rights advocate, I cannot understand his drive. I cannot understand the statement by the president of a nation that he can kill people. Obama must either apologize before everybody for his statement or give the [Peace] prize back and admit that he has not yet grown up to bear this high title,” she noted.

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