The Drone Dilemma -- Newsweek
A clandestine CIA search-and-destroy program, which launches missile strikes from remotely piloted drone aircraft, has killed more than a dozen senior leaders of Al Qaeda during the last two years. Among the dead: Abu Khabab al-Masri, reputed to be Al Qaeda's top expert on weapons of mass destruction, and Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Pakistani Taliban and reputed mastermind of the murder of Benazir Bhutto. U.S. government spokesmen won't even confirm the program's existence, but a U.S. national-security official—who, like others cited in this article, declined to be named talking about sensitive information—says the program has been so successful that some counterterrorism officials want to expand it. They say the drones have been effective not just in killing terrorists but also in keeping them on the run and disrupting their ability to plan new attacks. They have asked for authority to target terrorists in more densely populated areas of Pakistan.
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My Comment: Another example of the White House micromanaging a war.
If there is one thing that history has though us .... it is that if you wish to go to war, make sure you and your people are fully committed to it.
Unfortunately, this conflict is being done on an ad hoc basis, with limited public support and with little if any determination of what are our strategic goals .... and even less of a commitment to utilize all the resources that are at our disposal.
We are going to lose this war because we are unwilling to recognize that it is a war .... a realization that I am sad to say will not be realized by this administration nor by those within the military who are now supporting this level of limited war.
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