America's troubled drone policy: let the debate finally begin, in this article by John Kael Weston, he writes about how drones that are used in attacks on suspected terrorists affect those that are in the military and civilians alike.  He writes about a marine friend of his that is troubled by the way the drones are used.  Yes, they are killing those who pose a threat but also innocent bystanders.  The fact  that the government does compensate those families for their loses doesn't mean that its ok to keep doing it at any cost.  His marine friend goes on to say "our drone hammer makes everyone look like that nail that needs to be flattened."(thedailybeast.com) Meaning that others perception of what the US is doing is being done unashamedly.  John, along with his friend, doesn't agree with how the drones are being used and neither do I.  The drones should be used to take those out who are going to cause harm but, when using those drones it should really be taken into account all the innocents that are around.  The government shouldn't have to pay families for there loses if the attacks where done strategically and correct.  Besides that why should they spend more money that shouldn't be spent.  This article clearly makes you think about the use of drones and how they are being used, but also how there is a negative side to it as well.      

I am writing about an article from Thursday February 7 in USAToday, that's about Iran extracting and airing images it took from a drone that the US had apparently lost, but that Iran had captured in reality.  In the article it talks about how Iran has studied the drone and has the capability to re-create it's own production line of drones.  Now the reason I chose this article is that it fascinated me that a country like Iran was able to capture one of our drones and now has the ability to reproduce it, because if they can do something like this then it only leaves you wondering what else are they capable of or have already produced themselves.  This is something we need to be looking into a little deeper in my opinion, if not and we're caught sleeping it only gives not only them but others an opportunity to strike when we least expect it. Check it out if your at all curious about this.