Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
Very good analysis IMO....sooner or later a cheap and effective counter-measure will be found. That is why I say Droning somebody is a Tactic at best (very effective but a tactic none the less) it is not a Strategy,
It's assassination basics for people with too much funds.
I fail to see the major difference between AQ blowing up Massoud and CIA blowing up some Awlaki.

Slight difference in tactic and equipment, as well as nature of costs, but in the end it's simply observation followed by assassination.