Will she give Warren Buffett a run for his money . Good evening. We begin with americas secret war. Those escalating drone attacks in the air and the consequences on the ground. And the question is it making the United States safer . Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz tonight traveled to the middle east and brings in this report. Reporter it is a secret war. And just today, in a sign of how pervasive and how hidden it is, the revelation that america has a secret base in saudi arabia used to launch drones throughout the region. A tactic against terror which has grown 700 under the obama administration. Whatever the benefit of the drone strikes, they have created enormous resentment among some here in the region, who view the strikes as another sign of american arrogance. Everywhere i travel, from yemen i think americans, they are not right. Th have no right to it is our fight. Reporter to pakistan. You can keep saying, yes, you are hitting the top leadership, but the
Good evening. We begin with americas secret war. Those escalating drone attacks in the air and the consequences on the ground. And the question is it making the United States safer . Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz tonight traveled to the middle east and brings in this report. Reporter it is a secret war. And just today, in a sign of how pervasive and how hidden it is, the revelation that america has a secret base in saudi arabia used to launch drones throughout the region. A tactic against terror which has grown 700 under the obama administration. Whatever the benefit of the drone strikes, they have created enormous resentment among some here in the region, who view the strikes as another sign of american arrogance. Everywhere i travel, from yemen i think americans, they are not right. They have no right to it is our fight. Reporter to pakistan. You can keep saying, yes, you are hitting the top leadership, but the byproduct of this is anger, anger among people,
Questioned in front of the world. I suggest to you that these targeted strikes against al qaeda terrorists are indeed ethical and just. Reporter in pakistan alone, there have been more than 300 drone strikes in the last decade. Killing thousands of al qaeda and taliban, but more than 300 civilians, as well. A world away, in remote villages, you can hear them. Like a distance, muted chain saw. A dull, but deadly roar. Villagers describing it this way the drones are all over my brain. I cant sleep. When theyre hovering over us, were all scared. A reality we seldom see, says stanley mcchrystal, the retired general who once ran the militarys drone strike program. If the threshold gets too low and we are too casual about it, then we will forget how much scar tissue we build up in those countries. Reporter general mcchrystal believes that americans should have the opportunity to know more about these secret drone wars, to weigh those benefits and risks. That rare opportunity will occur tomor
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