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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
The real scary thing is that we have killed over 2000 Islamic terrorists with these drones and still there are more Islamic terrorists out there.
If the Brits killed 2000 members of the PIRA in 8 years it would have effectively wiped out the organization. Other well known non-Islamic terrorist groups (RAF, AD etc) would have been wiped out dozens of times over.
Just how many Islamic Terrorists are out there? That they can take 2000 casualties and be unaffected should be a sign we are fighting a much bigger war than we think.  |
First of all, you are assuming all 2,000 were terrorists, many may have been guilty of nothing more than mistaken identity, faulty intel or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. You also have the true "collaterals", many of these strikes take out the target's wife, children, relatives, employees, friends, neighbours, etc.
Second, the Israelis have be carrying out "targeted killings" of "terrorists" for over 40 years without substantially improving the situation, why should the U.S. approach be more effective?