AP IMPACT: study suggests drones kill far fewer civilians than many Pakistanis believe

[limpyhobbler]

29. I appreciate your thoughtful response.

It sounds like you are against all wars? Is that right?

I'm against some wars but I am not against all wars all the time.
Take World War II for example, I would say that was a justified war.

I agree with most of what you said.

But I think the drone strikes are justified in Pakistan because of who we are fighting against.

Seems to me that Al Qaeda, Taliban, and similar groups in the Af/Pak border region are very dangerous. They are religious extremists with a political-religious ideology and they are committed to imposing a religious dictatorship on the entire world. They have attacked before and they will attack again. They would love to take over a nation-state and it could happen.

We collect intelligence on them. Once we have intelligence information, are we not compelled to take actions? What would be a better less harmful action to take besides drone strikes? Seriously I'm interested in people's opinions.

And I do appreciate your response.

You asked what if an innocent family member of mine had been killed by a US drone? Yes I would be mad about it.
So I'm listening for a better option than drone strikes.

How would you address the issue of the dangerous terrorist groups based in the region? Or do you think it's not an important issue?