Bravo!
All human rights violations aside, what the US doesn't realize is that every new drone strike is creating new cadres for Al Qaeda and others to recruit from.
Except that they do realize that (US government and military are not stupid). Everything is right on track on their book.
War on terror correlates directly to political climate for authoritarian policy Side effect of war on terror correlates directly to produce more terror More terror correlates directly to more war on terror
It's a positive feedback. They are aware.
Neither terrorists nor military leaders have anything to lose.
The ones who actually lose are those who have no say in the matter: civilians and cannon fodder.
At first it may be like, "Screw those bastards for killing us! Let's try to get them back!" but then after watching basically everyone I know who is a part of this group I joined get killed without us really accomplishing anything, I'd probably think more along the lines of, "Yeah, I don't want to do this anymore."
What if you felt that you might be killed irrespective of whether you joined the club? Further, what if you believed that joining the club was your only hope (no matter how slim) of preventing yourself and others from being killed?