Should the US Military Use Drones in Combat Missions?

Drone attacks in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan have killed more than 3,500 armed extremists, including the Taliban chieftain Hakimullah Mehsud. (“Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad?”) Before we go into the actual topic of this essay, let us have a look at the history of drones. In 1863 Charles...