Give Obama Credit: Drones Are Better Than Boots

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11. Boots on the ground

means death on both sides. In Iraq it means thousands of civilian deaths due to collateral damage. That means innocent people who have the bad luck of being caught in the firepower and death to foreign soldiers such as ours being sent to become cannon fodder for profit to those who send them there.

Groups like ISIS use terror, murder and revenge on their own countrymen. They execute hundreds of people in every town they take within hours so we know there is no judge or justice or courts involved. Some one or some small group of leaders is making the snap decisions of who gets murdered. Does anyone think they don't have plans for terror, murder and revenge against the West? Unfortunately the use of Drones seems to be the least worst choice in order to try to contain ISIS where they are now. Once they start spreading their brand of justice to the world outside of the Middle East not even Drones will be effective, and first world countries won't even allow them most likely.

President Obama seems to have always thought things out by being as proactive as possible regarding the repercussions of what is done in the present and he seems to be aware of the bad or worst dilemmas of his choices. He seems to function with future eventualities and possible outcomes in mind. Even long after his Presidency is over. I think that's why he uses Drones. Not using them allows Al Qaeda and ISIS to grow unabated and exponentially, free of any restraints. If ISIS is Allowed to spread their brand of revenge and death freely across the planet without any restraints it would be a far worse eventuality than attempting to take them out with Drones in their own back yard. As unpleasant as it is, using Drones to target individuals seems inevitable and even necessary.