In February 2013, then-White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan testified at his Senate confirmation hearing to become CIA Director that, “in the interest of transparency,” the US must acknowledge mistaken killings publicly. Later that month, he recognized that the US government “should make public the overall numbers of civilian deaths resulting from US strikes targeting Al Qaeda.”
因此，对于像纳赛尔那样在美国袭击中失去了母亲、父亲、儿子和女儿的平民来说，毫不奇怪他们不但对美国怒不可遏，对同意采取无人机打击的也门政府同样怒不可遏。从这个角度讲，无人机打击远远没有让也门和美国变得更安全，反倒可能强化对基地组织的支持。