US Drones In Fighting Terrorism
“Outcome of the U.S. drone strikes in fighting terrorism: comparing deterrence and backlash theory”
Fourteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. is still at war with the new terrorism. The use of technology is the significant feature of this war, and drones are one of the most developed tools of warfare. The drone strikes began one year after the 9/11 attacks in 2002. United States has increased its reliance on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), more commonly known as drones, to target overseas terrorists that have become the subject of considerable discussions.
While President George W. Bush inaugurated drone strikes as a counter-terrorism strategy, more than 85 percent of the operations conducted in Pakistan came under President Barack Obama’s …show more content…
However, the idea that the drones would annihilate the terrorists without harming anyone else is not as simple as it sounds. The operators who fire missiles onto the other side of the world are making an imperfect guess because most drone strike targets are very difficult to access to outside observers (Speri, 2014). Furthermore, although some drones have targeted Al Qaeda leaders, many of them have been strikes against individuals with unknown identity whose behavior model apparently connected them to terrorist groups (Shane, 2012). Regarding these points at least 1,100 civilians have been killed during the war and more than 200 of them were children (The Bureau, January 2015). The death of civilians may result in negative backlash effects, creating strain and anomie, and reducing the legitimacy of those fighting terrorism. Strain theory suggests when people of a society treated unfairly or they suppose that they have been treated unfairly, they violent crime results. In this case, more terrorism may be a response (LaFree and Ackerman, 2009). The terrorist propagandas against the U.S. and the government of Pakistan that cooperate with the U.S. in conducting strikes makes less these administration less legitimate. Consequently, people who were law-abiding would be more likely to obey social controls stimulating them to retaliate the attacks. This means although the drones apparently are killing terrorists, they are simultaneously creating more extremists and
Fourteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. is still at war with the new terrorism. The use of technology is the significant feature of this war, and drones are one of the most developed tools of warfare. The drone strikes began one year after the 9/11 attacks in 2002. United States has increased its reliance on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), more commonly known as drones, to target overseas terrorists that have become the subject of considerable discussions.
While President George W. Bush inaugurated drone strikes as a counter-terrorism strategy, more than 85 percent of the operations conducted in Pakistan came under President Barack Obama’s …show more content…
However, the idea that the drones would annihilate the terrorists without harming anyone else is not as simple as it sounds. The operators who fire missiles onto the other side of the world are making an imperfect guess because most drone strike targets are very difficult to access to outside observers (Speri, 2014). Furthermore, although some drones have targeted Al Qaeda leaders, many of them have been strikes against individuals with unknown identity whose behavior model apparently connected them to terrorist groups (Shane, 2012). Regarding these points at least 1,100 civilians have been killed during the war and more than 200 of them were children (The Bureau, January 2015). The death of civilians may result in negative backlash effects, creating strain and anomie, and reducing the legitimacy of those fighting terrorism. Strain theory suggests when people of a society treated unfairly or they suppose that they have been treated unfairly, they violent crime results. In this case, more terrorism may be a response (LaFree and Ackerman, 2009). The terrorist propagandas against the U.S. and the government of Pakistan that cooperate with the U.S. in conducting strikes makes less these administration less legitimate. Consequently, people who were law-abiding would be more likely to obey social controls stimulating them to retaliate the attacks. This means although the drones apparently are killing terrorists, they are simultaneously creating more extremists and