I have never heard anyone say that the U.S. is at "war" in Pakistan. Instead Pakistan allows military strikes on terrorists that the U.S. is in a forever war wi

I have never heard anyone say that the U.S. is at "war" in Pakistan. Instead Pakistan allows military strikes on terrorists that the U.S. is in a forever war with. That is part of what makes the use of drones there scary. If military jets were bombing areas in Pakistan, there would be an outcry. Drones for some reason are different. They feel like a slippery slope towards a new way of thinking about an almost casual and less invasive military violence that is somehow more permissible than "traditional" (jets, troops) forms of military engagement. Now that I think about it, maybe the above is just because most countries share no experience with being the _victims_ of drone strikes. Most countries can relate to a physical invasion or of planes bombing from above. But drones are so new and so specifically tied to the fight with terrorists that perhaps there is a feeling that drones are something that happens to "other people's countries" (so to speak), and that is what makes them less bad some how. A good recent Rolling Stone article on the Forever War: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/three-troubling-lessons-from-the-latest-u-s-drone-strikes-20140617 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/three-troubling-le...