While you are correct, please bear in mind that we are already being manipulated by politicians. The public discourse on drone strikes is dominated by those who

While you are correct, please bear in mind that we are already being manipulated by politicians. The public discourse on drone strikes is dominated by those who seek to downplay the horrors of war associated with these attacks. It has worked. Currently the public don't seem to consider drone strikes as being like other military attacks. Drone strikes aren't replacing traditional bombing campaigns. If there was a public outcry and drone strikes were stopped, the US wouldn't start dropping conventional bombs on houses in Pakistan. This article should be more even handed, but it is important that the public understand that these new weapons are not completely clean and consequence free.