Until this week, it seemed like the conventional wisdom in
Iyẹn ṣẹṣẹ yipada. Tabi o yẹ ki o ni.
Kikọ ni The Los Angeles Times, Doyle McManus notes that counterinsurgency guru David Kilcullen has told Congress that
Ati ohun ti Kilcullen sọ fi aaye kekere silẹ fun itumọ aiṣedeede ẹda:
"Lati ọdun 2006, a ti pa awọn oludari Al Qaeda 14 ti o ga julọ nipa lilo awọn ikọlu drone; ni akoko kanna, a ti pa awọn ara ilu Pakistan 700 ni agbegbe kanna. Awọn ikọlu drone ko ni olokiki pupọ. Wọn ti jinna si awọn olugbe. Ati pe wọn ti fun ni rilara ibinu ti o ṣajọpọ awọn olugbe ni ayika awọn extremism ati pe o yori si awọn spikes ti extremism…. Ọna ti o wa lọwọlọwọ ti n ṣamọna wa si isonu ti iṣakoso ijọba Pakistan lori olugbe tirẹ. ”
Presumably, causing the Pakistani government to lose "control of its own population" is not an objective of
McManus sọ pe ko si ami pe iṣakoso Obama n gba imọran Kilcullen ati pe iṣakoso Obama ko ṣeeṣe lati kọ “ọkan ninu awọn ọgbọn diẹ ti o ti ṣe awọn abajade.” Ṣugbọn ijabọ Washington Post kan daba bibẹkọ:
Although the missile attacks are privately approved by the Pakistani government, despite its public denunciations, they are highly unpopular among the public. As
Niwọn bi o ti han gbangba pe 1) awọn ikọlu drone nfa awọn olufaragba ara ilu, 2) wọn yi ero gbogbo eniyan Pakistan pada si ijọba wọn ati si AMẸRIKA, 3) wọn n gba atilẹyin diẹ sii fun awọn ọlọtẹ ati 4) paapaa awọn amoye ologun ro pe awọn ikọlu naa. n ṣe ipalara diẹ sii ju ti o dara lọ, paapaa lati oju-ọna ti awọn oṣiṣẹ ijọba AMẸRIKA, kilode ti wọn ko gbọdọ duro? Idi ti ko ni o kere kan akoko-to?
Kilode ti ko yẹ awọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ ti Ile asofin ijoba beere fun idalare diẹ fun itesiwaju awọn ikọlu wọnyi? Pentagon n beere fun owo diẹ sii. O to akoko fun Ile asofin ijoba lati beere awọn ibeere diẹ.
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