A couple days ago, I gave my latest views of the US use of drone assassination attacks, especially their substantial increase of usage by the Obama administration, in Pakistan. I am overall very pro-Drone use, but believe we can overuse them as a strategic tool. Here is a video of some members of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board discussing the issue. They unsurprising are very supportive of their use:
But not everyone agrees. In fact, there are those from both the political left and right who think the Obama administration may be over relying on an imperfect war on terror tool. Marc Thiessen, who worked for the Bush administration and has been very critical of the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies, asserts that the current administration is missing out on valuable intelligence gathering by simply killing off members of Al Qaeda and other extremist groups. Taking a different, more legalistic angle, is the ACLU. Here is a short video expressing some of their concerns about the Drone strikes:
Where do you stand? What are your concerns about the tactic? Is it overall positive or negative?
