Do drone strikes create more terrorists than they kill?

[polly7]

Journalist Glenn Greenwald debates Professor Christine Fair on the effectiveness of the US drone programme.

23 Oct 2015 19:51 GMT

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Do drone strikes create more terrorists than they kill?

Journalist Glenn Greenwald debates Professor Christine Fair on the effectiveness of the US drone programme.
23 Oct 2015 19:51 GMT | United States, Afghanistan, War & Conflict, Drones

Nearly 90 percent of people killed by US drone strikes in Afghanistan during a five-month period were civilians. That is according to an investigation of leaked documents, published by The Intercept, called, The Drone Papers.

US President Barack Obama said in May 2013, "Before any strike is taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But, the cache of secret documents suggest strikes are often carried out based on thin evidence and the majority of those killed are not the intended targets.

The government defends the programme, saying it is needed to "act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the American people", but some, including Robert Grenier, the former head of CIA counterterrorism center, argue the US is "creating more enemies than [it is] removing from the battlefield".

So, do drone strikes create more terrorists than they kill? In this week's Arena, Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept, debates Georgetown University Associate Professor Christine Fair.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2015/10/drone-strikes-create-terrorists-kill-151023152321140.html

Isn't it just common sense to assume that the horrific murder of family members, friends, village/townspeople would stir up anger and hatred? I can't imagine how it wouldn't.

[daleanime]

1. Yes.

[99th_Monkey]

2. Yes. MIC needs to keep creating more terrorist enemies to keep huge profit$ rolling in -nt-

[Jerry442]

3. Like crack cocaine

Drone warfare creates a need for more drone warfare.

[NorthCarolina]

5. I believe that they do. How would Americans react to such attacks

that kill more innocents than terrorists? Keeps boots off the ground, but IMO it's better for America to just but out and attend to our own internal affairs.