Recruiting for al Qaida?

That's what we appear to be doing with our drone strikes in Yemen.   We have tripled the number of drone attacks in Yemen since 2011.  At the same time the number of rank and file members in Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has also tripled.  And the leadership of AQAP has not been seriously damaged.  So, although our commitment has escalated - drone activity has mushroomed, we have U.S. forces training Yemeni troops and we have spent over $300,000,000 fighting AQAP - things have gotten worse.  Plus, we've managed to kill some innocent people along the way.