Post by azteccc on Oct 24, 2013 20:07:01 GMT -8
Each drone strike creates at least 40 new militants
By Nabeel Khoury, the deputy chief in Yemen for the State Department from 2004 to 2007. He was also director of the Near East / South Asia Office of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and taught at the National Defense University.
www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/Pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=443
“In war, unmanned aircraft may be a necessary part of a comprehensive military strategy. In a country where we are not at war, however, drones become part of our foreign policy, dominating it altogether, to the detriment of both our security and political goals...
Drone strikes take out a few bad guys to be sure, but they also kill a large number of innocent civilians. Given Yemen’s tribal structure, the US generates roughly forty to sixty new enemies for every AQAP operative killed by drones."
By Nabeel Khoury, the deputy chief in Yemen for the State Department from 2004 to 2007. He was also director of the Near East / South Asia Office of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and taught at the National Defense University.
www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/Pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=443
“In war, unmanned aircraft may be a necessary part of a comprehensive military strategy. In a country where we are not at war, however, drones become part of our foreign policy, dominating it altogether, to the detriment of both our security and political goals...
Drone strikes take out a few bad guys to be sure, but they also kill a large number of innocent civilians. Given Yemen’s tribal structure, the US generates roughly forty to sixty new enemies for every AQAP operative killed by drones."
