Drones erywhere.

As modern technology advances, home appliances, cell phones and cars begin to become more futuristic. Just like the things you would see around your house are advancing, so are military weapons. We have had predator drones in the U.S. since the Bush administration and as time went by we began to use them more an more. President Bush had used around 35 drone strikes up until 2008. In President Obama's first year there were 117 drone strikes. That's because President Obama believes the use of drones is safer than having troops on foot in foreign countries and he may be right. The predator drone is a precision strike that is used to target a specific area and do some real damage, it can go unnoticed for a while too. There are also survailance drones that can track people as well, these are used to trace dangerous people or even an important person of interest. But with the many positive things about drones, there are also negative sides to everything. Many people believe that predato drones are unjust and inhumane. People also think its foolish to take troops of the ground and put more drones in the air.

There are several positive facts that make these drones extremely useful and great resources. One example is the fact that these drones can replace several soldiers with one soldier in America who is safely controlly it and out of harms way. That can reduce deaths in our military and introduce technology as a better way of warfare. The drones also very effective even from 10,000 feet in the air, the drones can follow a group or person and when given the order drop a bomb and eliminate the target, although it makes a big mess with an explosion it keeps troops out of harms way. The drones can also be used to keep major events in order such as sport event and concerts, the drones can fly around and watch over crowds to make sure everything is safe.

There are also some down sides to using the drones. An example of a negative down side is that people will find these drones as an invasion of privacy, the drones could be follwing anyone around and that person could never notice. The drones replacing foot soldiers can be seen as a down side because as Maj. Gen. Robert H. Scales says " Virtually every president since World War II has cut the Army to buy more ships and planes, and from Korea to Vietnam to Iraq, all those cuts backfired" "we cannot pick our enemies; our enemies will pick us." And, as they have for 70 years, our foes will wage ground wars, because we already dominate the sea and air and space. We'll regret these troop cuts." That is a good point but with an enemy using several ground forces one man controling a drone can attack that large group from a safe distance.