U.S. Drones Helping not Hindering Islamic Insurgency in Pakistan
An article today from McClatchy (Do U.S. drones kill Pakistani extremists or recruit them?) further bolsteres the claim that drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal regions may be doing more harm that good. The article quotes government and military officials who say the strikes cause Islamic radicals to migrate to urban centers–where they are more difficult to target and pose an increased threat to the stability of Pakistan. A military official in the article called the drone attacks a “recruiting windfall for Pakistani Taliban.
Earlier this year, Bernard Finel wrote a blog here, suggesting similarly that the attacks were a public diplomacy consequences were disastrous and at best strategically ineffective.
