The -Wikipedia entry- is all over the map. On the one end we count hearsay casualties from people in the area, with no other proof. On the other end we have CIA claims of zero civilian casualties. Both of these have a very high bullshit quotient.

The real answer is somewhere in between. Who do you believe on that list?

We can get past the numbers, though. The drone system is the most tightly focused mechanism I've ever seen for attacking enemy personnel, short of an actual sniper on a nearby roof. The objective is destroying a particular enemy with the absolute minimum of corollary damage. The technology is improving as time goes by.

Is it perfect? Of course not. But we've come from Hiroshima and carpet bombing to this. I call it an improvement.

If you have better ideas to deal with those who attack us, let's hear them.