> when pretty much every available case study (re: drone strikes and terrorism) clearly shows otherwise? I'm pretty sure I read those case studies differently

> when pretty much every available case study (re: drone strikes and terrorism) clearly shows otherwise? I'm pretty sure I read those case studies differently than you do. Why, do you suppose, the military continues to make drone strikes if they are ineffective? > How authoritarian would you rank [Trump] compared to Obama Waaaaay more authoritarian. By his own admission, even. Trump praises, celebrates, and socializes with dictators on a much greater scale than Obama. And if the single largest signal you're drawing from Anwar al-Awlaki's killing is that Obama is authoritarian, then I think you need to step back and examine that situation more broadly.