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The fact that the countless numbers of drone strikes the United States military has conducted in the past few decades have resulted in the deaths of civilians is no surprise to anyone. Since the invasion of Iraq in 1991, up until the end of the U.S.
In my mind that would be something like a tomahawk lead cruise missile strike or an airstrike on specific military target. a lot of collateral damage estimation goes into this to make sure we are not hitting civilians or the wrong type of target so trump has always options. he is in no rush and he will decide when the time is right. rob: a tweet from congresswoman ilhan omar. just like in iraq, using illegitimate pretext to beat the drums of war. that first line. we have had ships attacked, a drone taken down and what you make of that? >> the congresswoman is way off base. it is not accurate t...
Course of history their citizenship has not protected them from being an enemy combatant. >> greta: the question is whether it's a level of our intelligence is right. you know, you've got americans who aren't associated with al-qaeda we falsely, incorrectly, mistakenly think, there's the problem. >> well, having again overseen orangeses in afghanistan for our military and counterterrorism operations, i can only tell you that the scrutiny is very high as these individuals are looked at over many years. their association with al-qaeda and activities and operations before they can even get to whe...
Not protecting them from being an enemy combatant -- >> that's not the issue, though. the question is whether it's a level of our intelligence is right. you know, have you american who is are not associated with al qaeda that we have falsely or incorrectly or mistakenly -- that's the problem. >> well, having, again, over seen the operations in afghanistan for our military and our counter terrorism operations, i can only tell you that the scrutiny is very high. the individuals are looked at over many years. their association with al qaeda, their activities and operations before they can even ge...