Air Force Maj. Casey Tidgewell gets an MQ-0 Reaper ready for a training flight at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nev. The Reaper has a long line of UAV predecessors. Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesFrom The Washington Times:
We have heard a lot over the past few years about the Pakistani public being outraged by America's use of Predators and other pilotless aircraft to strike al Qaeda terrorists inside Pakistan. Pundits have cited rising public resentment that threatens our relationship with Pakistan, where more al Qaeda operatives have been killed or captured than any other nation on earth. So the wisdom in Washington is that we should tread carefully.
Now a new poll conducted in the tribal lands of Western Pakistan reveals that the Predator strikes are popular.
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