I think a lot of Americans would object to that, in part because our drone strikes have very specific targets--they are not intended to cause general terror.<p>That said, from the perspective of people on the ground, there is no doubt that they are generally terrifying and horrifying. While the strikes might help degrade ISIS leadership and operations, they also help create extremely strong anti-US emotions by killing innocent men, women, and children.<p>The hard question is, what is the alternative? Ignore ISIS? That&#x27;s dangerous. Put boots on the ground? Not going to happen--the American people are sick of that. So perhaps drone strikes are simply the least terrible of several terrible options.