Obama said that having troops on the ground gives the impression of occupation by a foreign military. This gives us less liability, is that what he's trying to say? Image is everything.
My condolenscences for the civilians that were killed but this is an effective method for battling with al Qaeda. AQ is stealthy and engaged in guerrila warfare techniques, so at this pt forget rules of war and a court of justice. I say more drones until all the AQ are taken out or is that even possible? I mean the govt and the ppl of Yemen despise AQ, so we are doing them a favor.
"I say more drones until all the AQ are taken out or is that even possible?" Wow. Were you paying attention at all? No, it's not possible to solve the issue of AQAP with drones because every drone strike merely acts as a recruitment tool and for every "militant" killed in one of these strikes, 100 more civilians are signing up to take their place.
