What Drone War?

Secrecy Defines Obama’s Drone War -- Washington Post

Since September, at least 60 people have died in 14 reported CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions. The Obama administration has named only one of the dead, hailing the elimination of Janbaz Zadran, a top official in the Haqqani insurgent network, as a counterterrorism victory.

The identities of the rest remain classified, as does the existence of the drone program itself. Because the names of the dead and the threat they were believed to pose are secret, it is impossible for anyone without access to U.S. intelligence to assess whether the deaths were justified.

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My Comment: Because you are essentially bombing another country .... with that country's permission .... you will never earn any 'brownie points' from the population that is being bombed. Best to keep it quiet .... which (I confess) is hard in today's world .... and try to pretend that nothing is happening while .... of course .... everything is happening.

Will such a policy succeed .... of course not. We now live in a world where secrets are difficult to keep for any length of time, and conducting a bombing campaign even more so.