The Pros And Cons Of Drones Involvement In Foreign Countries

The United States began air strikes there in 2010 to deal with terrorist groups. Now this may seem like a good thing, and good things can come of it, but with the loose policy of what a target may be is horrible. To the people of the attacks, the drones have taken hundreds of innocent lives. They now fear the skies for the next attack. Farea Al-Muslimi was a boy from Yemen whose entire village was destroyed by a drone strike. He says “The friendships and values I experienced and described to the villagers helped them understand the America that I know, and I love. Now however, when they think of America, they think of the terror they feel from the drones that hover over their heads, ready to fire missiles at any time.” Things that seems of good nature can be horrific to the other people. We eliminate terrorist threats because they are a danger to our

Likewise, there are several instances in which the Unites States has stepped in to alleviate foreign crises. Mullaney expresses that in 2014, air strikes were launched to help the Yazidi people, and other countries have agreed to help with combat, but they are waiting on America to make the move towards war; while President Obama has been submitting requests to send out troops, nothing has been approved yet (125, 128). The United States needs to have approval to launch troops to help the Yazidi people. Mullaney is insistent that the U.S. must provide more than just air strikes in order to help the Yazidis. While some feel that it is not the United States’ responsibility, ISIS cannot be stopped alone. On the contrary, the author includes

The 9/11 attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000. According to the U.S. State Department’s annual Country Report on Terrorism 2015, 28,328 people around the world were victims of terrorists in that year. By killing terrorists with targeted drone strikes, the U.S. military disrupts and slows down terrorist organizations. In the War on Terror, it is difficult to determine how successful drone strikes have been. However, if we did nothing to fight or stop the terrorists they would be able to recruit, grow, and attack without fear. Despite potential downsides, drone strikes need to continue. It is impossible to estimate how many terrorist attacks have been stopped or how many lives have been saved due to successful drone attacks, but imagine the devastation of unrestrained terrorist

Drone strikes are incredibly damaging to the United States’ international image and prestige; without a step away from remote killing, the leadership on high will continue to be met with resistance when attempting to establish military ties with countries that have a clear view on the violations and atrocities associated with drone warfare.

The US has conducted over four hundred drone strikes in Pakistan alone since. From these attacks, estimates state that between 700 and 900 civilians have died. This is almost one quarter of the total deaths from these strikes, and these people have died from no transgression. These people live in fear, earning small amounts of money, living small, innocent lives. However no life on our earth can be small enough to die for no good reason. Since 2004, there have been less than 50 recorded civilian deaths in the US that have been conducted by Islamic extremist groups, not just groups from Pakistan. These attacks do serve a purpose, however the cost of human life is too great. Those affected by drone attacks do not have the power to stop this. It’s down to me, it’s down to you and it’s down to us.

Imagine living with fear on a day to day basis with the expectation of a missile having the capability of obliterating where you’re standing right now by a single man on a computer in a matter of seconds without the slightest warning. The use of drone strikes in military operations is unacceptable. Accidental aftermath and the murder of innocent lives outweigh the desire to kill a few radical terrorists which can be achieved with ground soldiers lessening the amount of innocent bystanders killed in the process. To the stop this recklessness it is necessary that all drone strikes are ceased until suitable policies are implemented. Although drone strikes play a key role in fighting the war against terrorism the fact that military is striking fear into the hearts of the natives affecting their day to day lives in a negative way in reality makes us the actual terrorists.

As deadly these incidents were, the ones in March represent just two of the thousands of airstrikes that have been carried out because of the U.S.- led coalition since the war against ISIS got.

According to Jeffrey H. Smith and John B. Bellinger III for politico.com magazine “Throughout the 20 the century the United States, more than any other country, championed the development of the international law of armed conflict. But in this century many nations accuse the United States of abandoning that leadership by using drones to conduct hundreds of targeted killings of terror suspects in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and elsewhere, in what they see as a violation of international law. And now, with the world watching, President Obama may decide to expand the use of drones to Iraq to counter the advances of the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)” (SMITH, BELLINGER , "Mr. President, We Need Rules for Drones - POLITICO Magazine"). With this growing operation it also comes with it criticism where individuals and nations argues that the United States Government has given itself the power and

According to the Obama Administration the military has launched out 450 drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen combined (Stern). Not only is 450 drone strikes a big number, out of all those 450 drone strikes not a single US soldier was killed or harmed. According to Stern’s article “Obama and Terrorism” it states “around 200 civilians” were killed (Stern). In the documentary film Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars community leaders in Pakistan gather suitably with the media to discuss the inhumanity of drone strikes. Dr. Bashir Khan, political organizer, made an assumption as to what our military drone pilots do when controlling drones “You press a button too annihilate entire families and tribes”(qtd. In BraveNewFilms). Drones were not being accurate with their targets nor being well organized at first. In the same documentary “Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars” it highlights the story of sixteen-year-old Tariq Aziz on how his life was traumatized by drone strikes when his cousin was killed unintentionally by a drone strike. Days later, after Tariq participated in a public conference against how drone strikes need to stop killing innocent people, and how the pilots are very inexperienced with controlling drones Tariq was also killed by an drone

Ever sense president Barrack Obama was sworn into office in 2008 the drone program has quickly grown and become a indication for what the United States stands for. The rising amount of strikes in a variety of jurisdiction, most breathtakingly in Yemen and Pakistan witch both lie outside the borders of the traditional war zones, this brings up the question of why are we commending these strikes to continue to increase? As with any tactic involving

Drone strikes… a relatively new type of warfare where attacks are made without human interference. Drones have revolutionized and made people reconsider the possibilities of warfare in the United States. The controversy of drone strikes is that it does not seem as good as it seems. The U.S. government has said that drone strikes have decreased the amount of casualties, are cheaper, and have helped in making America safer. However, others believe that it is too good to be true and believe that there have been way more casualties than the government has told citizens, and that it is not fair to other nations who do not have the same technology available for them. The U.S. should be allowed to continue its use of drone strikes abroad because it has far less collateral damage, decreases the amount of soldier casualties, and makes America safer from terrorists groups.

The CIA are launching drones without complete consent of the government. This leaves the secret organization with all of the power that they desire without restraint. Using drones without approval is unethical to both our country and the countries being attacked. The use of drones is not announced publicly so that the citizens of America have no choice of the matter. If the terrorists find a way to fight back with more force, all of the citizens of America will suffer for the unauthorized actions of the

On Friday January 20th 2017, Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States and his inauguration ended the eight year presidency of Barack Obama. One of the cornerstones of the Obama administration’s foreign policy was its tactics in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. From the early days in his presidency, Obama had to make life or death decisions on drone strikes designed to prevent terrorist attacks and over the course of his presidency the frequency of these drone strikes began to increase (Klaidman, 2012; Stone, 2017). The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the United States (US) military currently launch drone strikes eight countries including the following: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen,

CIA and JSOC drone strikes are illegal. They violate the Hague Convention that states contracting powedrs cannot attack one another without declaring war or giving an ultimatum with conditional declaration of war (Hague III: Opening of Hostilities, 1907 ). The CIA has also drifted away from its primary mission of collecting data. The drone strikes conducted by the CIA kill many militants however also kill just as many innocent civilians. Yemen and Pakistan are the victims to

According to Sean D. Murphy, U.S. anti-terrorist operations in Pakistan so far have taken the forms of drone strikes, “hot pursuits” into Pakistani territory in immediate response to raids from within Pakistan, and secret missions by special operations forces, such as the CIA, against militant targets located deeper in Pakistan . The numbers of incidents involving “hot pursuits” of the militant hideouts inside the Pakistani territory have been very few, so they have not attracted as much attention as other operations. There has only been one real recognized covert mission in Pakistan, which took place on September 3, 2008 in South Waziristan , an area under the control of the Taliban. This was the US’ first ground-based battle against the Taliban within Pakistani borders. This caused the death of many civilians and no “high-value” terrorist target. The Pakistani government strongly criticized this act and passed a resolution demanding American cooperation on covert operations, so the US did refrain from repeating such a mission; however, the American strikes using Unmanned Areal Vehicles, known as drones, have been going on since 2004 and have only increased since then under the Obama Administration.