Modern warfare ... an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. Photo: ReutersCheap And Slick Drones Signal Strategic Shift -- Sydney Morning Herald
WASHINGTON: The CIA drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born propagandist for al-Qaeda's rising franchise in Yemen, was one more demonstration of what US officials say is a cheap, safe and precise tool to eliminate enemies. It was also a sign that the decade-old US campaign against terrorism has reached a turning point.
Disillusioned by the huge costs and uncertain outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration has decisively embraced the drone, along with small-scale lightning raids such as the one that killed Osama bin Laden in May, as the future of the fight against terrorist networks.
WASHINGTON: The CIA drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born propagandist for al-Qaeda's rising franchise in Yemen, was one more demonstration of what US officials say is a cheap, safe and precise tool to eliminate enemies. It was also a sign that the decade-old US campaign against terrorism has reached a turning point.
Disillusioned by the huge costs and uncertain outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration has decisively embraced the drone, along with small-scale lightning raids such as the one that killed Osama bin Laden in May, as the future of the fight against terrorist networks.
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Update: Drones are future of U.S. war on terrorism -- StlToday
My Comment: A brief analysis on the imp[act of the drone war can be found here.
Disillusioned by the huge costs and uncertain outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration has decisively embraced the drone, along with small-scale lightning raids such as the one that killed Osama bin Laden in May, as the future of the fight against terrorist networks.
Read more ....
Update: Drones are future of U.S. war on terrorism -- StlToday
My Comment: A brief analysis on the imp[act of the drone war can be found here.