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Reply To: What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the use of UAV weaponry in the Near East? How do you think technological advancements will continue to shape warfare globally?

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Erik Nilsen
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Michael,

“Rather than eliminating Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda as threats to Middle East security and American lives, his approach seemed to embolden Islamist radicalism.”

You’ll have to excuse my ignorance, for I had not yet been born, but how did Clinton’s “cruise missile diplomacy” embolden Islamist terrorism? Was it a direct cause-and-effect?