Help Wanted: American Drone Program Needs Multifaceted Support to be Effective
The U.S. drone program in Pakistan faces strong resistance in Pakistan. Because the program solely seeks to eliminate terrorist groups and leaders through bombing campaigns, with no built in social support, the local population’s anti-American sentiment has reached the highest level in history. This...
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| description | The U.S. drone program in Pakistan faces strong resistance in Pakistan. Because the program solely seeks to eliminate terrorist groups and leaders through bombing campaigns, with no built in social support, the local population’s anti-American sentiment has reached the highest level in history. This angry mood against U.S. drone programs is spreading throughout the Islamic world. To counter this anti-American sentiment, and increase the drone program’s effectiveness, the U.S. must invest in multifaceted, socio-economic support efforts to educate the population and rebuild the gratuity, trust, and commitment of Pakistan’s people to the “War on Terror.” |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43f5f1367fb241d2870e6b10257050022022-12-21T23:22:41ZengHenley-Putnam UniversityJournal of Strategic Security1944-04641944-04722014-12-01745780http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.7.4.5Help Wanted: American Drone Program Needs Multifaceted Support to be EffectiveS. Hall0Bellevue UniversityThe U.S. drone program in Pakistan faces strong resistance in Pakistan. Because the program solely seeks to eliminate terrorist groups and leaders through bombing campaigns, with no built in social support, the local population’s anti-American sentiment has reached the highest level in history. This angry mood against U.S. drone programs is spreading throughout the Islamic world. To counter this anti-American sentiment, and increase the drone program’s effectiveness, the U.S. must invest in multifaceted, socio-economic support efforts to educate the population and rebuild the gratuity, trust, and commitment of Pakistan’s people to the “War on Terror.”http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol7/iss4/6/Al-QaidaCounterterrorismDevelopment and securityForeign policyHuman rightsInternational securityNonstate actorsPakistanPsychologyRegional conflictSocial movementsSociocultural dynamics in securitySoutheast AsiaStability operationsStabilization and reconstructionStrategyTalibanTerrorism / counterterrorism |
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| title | Help Wanted: American Drone Program Needs Multifaceted Support to be Effective |
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| title_sort | help wanted american drone program needs multifaceted support to be effective |
| topic | Al-Qaida Counterterrorism Development and security Foreign policy Human rights International security Nonstate actors Pakistan Psychology Regional conflict Social movements Sociocultural dynamics in security Southeast Asia Stability operations Stabilization and reconstruction Strategy Taliban Terrorism / counterterrorism |
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