Obama less popular on DU than war-making

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110. Again, not the tool

"Every time we kill an innocent man woman or child with our drones we build contempt for America"

This is a possibility whether it's a drone-launched missile, a dumb bomb (which we rarely use anymore), smart bomb or missile launched by a manned aircraft, or a soldier with his gun. The United States does more than any country in history to minimize the possibility of civilian casualties, with the possible exception of the Israelis. Our old dumb bombs were cheap, while the new smart munitions designed to minimize civilian casualties are very expensive.

However, civilian casualties have been a sad fact of warfare since the beginning of war. Years ago it was standard practice to purposely target civilians. In Western nations this has happened as recently as the firebombing of Dresden in WWII. Among our enemies this is still standard practice.

"Obviously this is just my opinion but if you can show where our drone strikes have discouraged enlistment in Al Quaeda and increased our popularity in Pakistan please feel free to post it. "

I don't know about increasing popularity -- this isn't a popularity contest. However, al Awlaki was an extremely successful recruiter. He directly recruited many operatives, and many other famous terrorists claim their acts were directly inspired by him. His death certainly hurt Al Qaeda's recruiting efforts.