The Pros And Cons Of Drone Warfare

Throughout all of human history people have been at war. Humans have advanced from sticks and stones to swords and guns, now we are at the cusp of the next technological era: drones. There are countless situations where drones have been the turning point in battle, and the United States (U.S.) military is just beginning to utilize their full potential. This country needs to know that drone warfare is superior to conventional warfare, and that it is the most ethical choice when violence is inevitable. The Reaper and Predator drones are two aircraft utilized by the U.S. government. They are both relatively large with wingspans measuring around 50ft each. Imagine a Reaper drone overhead. One might think of a aircraft resembling a bird maybe 10 stories in the air above. In
They say that “Drone strikes make civilians turn radical, and makes the terrorism problem worse.” This is known as blowback, when civilians take up arms or choose to support the opposite side because of actions committed by the aggressors. It's unwise to assume drones are solely responsible for terrorist recruitment. As Kenneth Anderson worded it, “The trouble with the blowback theory is simple: it will always counsel doing nothing rather than something. It's the Kibitzer’s lazy objection¨ (Anderson). Another objection to blowback is that civilians are not angry at the U.S. (very few even know about the U.S. drone strikes), as it is their own governments they dislike. An example of this was in Pakistan in 2012. Critics of blowback claim that very few civilians of Pakistan knew that the U.S. was bombing them, but they did know that the Pakistani government was relentlessly bombing their villages. As far as the Pakistanis go “They’ve been lied to, deceived and have been subject to propaganda¨ (How Drones). Blowback is a notion not worth a second thought; the pros of using drones far outweigh the