The use of unmanned aerial vehicles has become a “key feature” of the Obama administration’s foreign policy, with more than 400 strikes in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen since 2008. Whether these strikes work has been the subject of much debate. So has the question of whether the local populace in places subject to drone strikes, such as Pakistan, supports them.
But the question of whether Americans themselves favor drone strikes has largely been given a pass, despite public support being a foundation on which the sustainability and legitimacy of a policy rests. CONT.
Sarah Kreps (Cornell), The Monkey Cage
Recent polls: Drone strikes