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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Yes, because Bush was fighting a war with Afghan, when we aren't at war with Afghan. When you take the war to the proper place, Civilians die.
Let's take a look at those attacks in Pakistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_attacks_in_Pakistan
04-08 - 405 deaths by Drones - 42 strikes for 10.37%
09-10 - 1013 deaths by Drones - 106 strikes for 10.46%
Well, looks like Obama's numbers aren't that bad after all, more attacks would naturally equal more deaths.
Then looking over the articles, it looks like July of this year to current 87 estimated militants deaths and 7 civilians. Just to compare the listed ones.
I just don't see the numbers you're saying... |
700 civilians killed in 2009 alone
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/01/02/u...rikes-in-2009/
Drone attacks creating more terrorist? Are drone attacks a form of terrorism?
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But another survey from the tribal areas found 80 per cent of respondents do not support the drone strikes, according to Mosharraf Zaidi, a Pakistani journalist. In an op-ed earlier this month for The News, a Pakistani newspaper, Zaidi described villagers in Pakistan's tribal agencies who were "traumatised" by the constant threat of drone strikes (on the one hand) and Taliban attacks (on the other).
And an Al Jazeera-Gallup poll conducted in 2009 found just 9 per cent of Pakistanis favor the attacks.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2...138783448.html