From The Lamron:
Predator drone aircraft are taking pilots out of the heat of battle, but moral and practical problems arise.
Despite their questionable legality in international law and the public opinion backlash they create in the Islamic world, drone attacks have been viewed by the new U.S. administration as extremely effective.
In the time since President Barack Obama took the oath of office, there have been about 120 deaths in eight drone attacks inside Pakistan.
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My Comment: This writer is more concerned about "the moral, legal (?) and practical problems that arise than the procedures that are used in making the MQ-9 the effective tool that it is. If the Reaper was not effective, this program would have been terminated a long time ago.