Link: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=03&year=2010&base_name=koh_on_why_the_drone_strikes_a#119064 (via shareaholic.com) There can be a case made that the second principle Koh cites, "proportionality," might be violated by the drone attacks. A study by Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann of the New America Foundation found that one-third of those killed by drones were civilians. As this map shows, the drone strikes often take place in Pakistan, which is technically outside the Afghan theater of war. The other question is whether or not the strikes themselves are counterproductive from a strategic standpoint, which some counterinsurgency types have argued.http://brinesalt.posterous.com/tapped-archive-the-american-prospect
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