Pakistan is probably the nation that has seen the most drone activity. The current issue of Foreign Policy has an article about drones by a Pakistani, Pir Zubair Shah, who has witnessed the drone war up close, or as close as any journalist can get in an area that is almost inaccessible.
In Shah's view the reaction to the drones of Pakistanis who do not live in the tribal areas where the drone action is is not uniform. While the drone attacks have exacerbated the hatred many Pakistanis feel for America, some feel that the drones have performed some useful tasks, such as killing the suspected assassin of Benazir Bhutto.
Those who live in the tribal area are also of two minds. Some see the drone strikes as less of a problem than military raids or bombing raids.
I wonder what our reaction would be if we were attacked by drones?
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