The War on Drones

What ones seemed as science fiction technology, has drastically become part of our every day lives. We all carry what once took up a whole room in our pockets, and with a touch of a screen have complete access to the Internet. All these amazing advancements in technology have continued to develop and began to be applied in every aspects of life, and now they have taken over the aviation world. The US government has drastically adapted this technology of using drones, thanks to this development they have been able to carry out air strikes on the enemy, with out having to put troops in harms way, and for a fraction of the cost. Like anything else in combat there are many difficulties, from civilian casualties to the possibility of foreign militaries stealing the technology, has brought a lot of skepticism to their use. Although these outcomes are unavoidable, the use of these drones save American lives, make our troops job easier and have a lower price, what must done is rethink our strategies, and minimize the casualties.

It’s very hard to justify the deaths of civilian casualties, in order to kill any terrorist regardless of their rank. Therefor the US government must stop putting their efforts into covering, or justifying these deaths and instead focus on how these deaths can be minimize, and if possible eliminated. An other reason why these deaths need to be eliminated, is the negative impact they have on the families of these casualties, for every civilian killed, we are making a family extremely devastated, and easily could result in one of the family members wishing for revenge, and reaching out to the Taliban or any other terrorist group. The next issue that needs to be address is to prevent foreign powers, from getting their hands on this equipment as it occurred in Iran. As simple as it is for the US government to use these drones in foreign countries, it would be as easy for terrorist to carry out attacks in the US if they are to get their hands on this technology.

Combat is never easy, and always complicated. As long as armed conflicts are carried out between people, innocent people will always be victims. The drone technology has brought a lot of positives to the war on terrorism, but it has come at a heavy price, the US is losing the fight to win the hearts and minds of these foreign people. For these reasons it is paramount new strategies are used in regards to drone strikes, not using them would be unrealistic and would cost a lot more US casualties.