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Obama has dramatically escalated the use of drones since taking office. Using more drones, bombing more countries, creating more foreign drone bases, and killing more civilians by drones than Bush was.
We have killed 1,147 civilians in order to kill 41 terrorist leaders. Is it acceptable to have that ratio? Is this creating more terrorists?
What kind of precedent are we setting as more and more countries tell the US to stop flying drones over their country and we ignore them? Keep in mind more countries will have drones in the near future.
I see that right-wingers are playing the "Obama: Warmonger" card this week. I guess they felt it was time to switch it up after weeks of playing the "Obama: Muslim Sympathizer" card.
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Obama has dramatically escalated the use of drones since taking office. Using more drones, bombing more countries, creating more foreign drone bases, and killing more civilians by drones than Bush was.
We have killed 1,147 civilians in order to kill 41 terrorist leaders. Is it acceptable to have that ratio? Is this creating more terrorists?
What kind of precedent are we setting as more and more countries tell the US to stop flying drones over their country and we ignore them? Keep in mind more countries will have drones in the near future.
Drones are a great way to spy on the enemy and gather information. It is also a good way to take out the enemy without putting any of our guys in harms way.
The last thing any President wants is flag drapped coffins coming home. It is bad for ratings. Drones help cut those numbers.
Of course there can be collateral damage such as killing civilians and irking so called friendly countries by taking over their airspace. There is also a chance of killing hostages which just happened when a drone hit a isis camp. An American and Italian hostage was killed in the strike but as we have seen anyone in the hands of isis is doomed to die a terrible death on the internet.
War is hell and drones remove some of that ugliness but it is still war.
I see that right-wingers are playing the "Obama: Warmonger" card this week. I guess they felt it was time to switch it up after weeks of playing the "Obama: Muslim Sympathizer" card.
Now, now. It's actually a decent question.
Just to throw out an insanely overgeneralized response to the OP...I think that at this point in history, absolutely the only way that a Western country can hold a feisty third world one (the seizing part is no problem) is by installing our SOB over their SOB. We've lost the thread on how to directly administer countries like that, which requires a certain amount of brutality.
Since 'our SOB' doesn't appear to be able to control his country, I'd say that drone strikes won't make any difference.
41 terrorist leaders dead, heck yes it's worth it. when you hear of the innocent civilians being killed how do we really know this? because the terrorists claim it? Terrorists try to hide among innocent people, we are not responsible for that. terrorists kill innocent people on purpose.
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Is Obama's Drone War Worth It?
