Washington's Phantom War.

The article discusses the U.S. military's campaign of drone strikes against Al Qaeda and Taliban militant groups in Pakistan. Although the proportion of militants among all persons killed by such strikes has ranged between 80% and 95%, in most instances those killed are low-level combatants rather than Al Qaeda or Taliban leaders. Nor have the strikes succeeded in reducing the incidence of insurgent violence in Pakistan, or discouraged persons from traveling to terrorist training camps in the tribal areas of Pakistan.