>And don't give me the whole, "shouldn't be bombing in the first place" red herring. Why is that a red herring? There's a perfectly reasonable argument to be m

>And don't give me the whole, "shouldn't be bombing in the first place" red herring. Why is that a red herring? There's a perfectly reasonable argument to be made that America's activities on the Af-Pak border have been wholly counter-productive. A drone strike might kill a terrorist, but the collateral damage creates an immense amount of hatred towards the US. If drone strikes are creating more terrorists than they're killing (an entirely plausible hypothesis) then the answer is probably to stop drone strikes and try something else. This isn't some wishy-washy liberal argument from a clueless civilian - Gen. McChrystal makes pretty much the same case against drone strikes. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-mcchrystal/retired-general-cautions-against-overuse-of-hated-drones-idUSBRE90608O20130107 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-mcchrysta...