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April 19, 2012

Is America's Drone War Working?

Greg Scoblete, The Compass

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The pattern we see here should give us pause: the U.S. drove al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan. They set up shop in Pakistan. We have mostly driven them out of Pakistan. They have established themselves in Yemen. It should be clear by now that there's not going to be a death-blow here.

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TAGGED: United States, al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Yemen, Afghanistan, Drones

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