Drone what? Strike who?

http://www.alternet.org/world/what-we-still-dont-know-about-obamas-drone-war

I have not learned much about drone strikes despite how often the name appears in political conversation.  Apparently over six months ago Obama claimed that he wished for a more strict policy and clear disclosure about the “continuing and imminent threat to the American people”, who would probably like to know what sort of operations they are directly or indirectly supporting.  Information such as civilian death counts and who is actually being targeted, or whether or not civilian deaths are even being compensated for is unclear.  According to U.S. officials, there is a big difference between their figures and independent sources - what a surprise.  The U.S. administration will not release its figures however and has remained generally quiet about the drone strikes.  Along with the lack of clarity,  the battle for more disclosure is rather stagnant. The legal justification behind the strikes is a huge point of contention in the battle for disclosure and the CIA has already been found to have lied about the existence of drones. The Pakistan government's cooperation with the U.S. drone strikes has been documented and it seems to support the use of drones while the citizens of Pakistan generally do not.  The U.S. has drone bases in various parts of the world including Djibouti and Niger in order to fight terrorism outside of Afghanistan without the use of troops.  So now I am supposed to say what I think about this whole thing... as my rationale hopefully surpasses my Amygdala, my higher forms of though attempt to formulate an opinion...  *dial-up internet connection sound*... twiddles thumbs... thanks "word count".