The American Drone Program

This how I think it works, correct me if I am wrong.

The first part of the program are large unmanned drones that can take off, a long way from the action, spend a lot of time over area in question, at a high altitude, take thousands of photographs with their high-resolution cameras, and return home, perhaps to some Air Force base in the US. Or, they may take off and land much closer to the action. This is amazing technology, no question about it.

The next part of the team is hundreds of analysts, who spend a lot of time looking at these photos. Trying to understand what is going in the area under question. They can understand what is going on, over large areas. For example, which areas are controlled by which Taliban. They should be able to do the same thing for Syria, but a far as I know, they have not been used there.

But there are other aircraft (maybe the same ones) transmitting videos in real time - and their handlers, somewhere in the ground below, can order guided bombs against moving targets. They have assembled a hit list of people to be killed - who are then killed, if this killing is approved by the proper authorities (including the President himself).

And, of course coordinated activity, involving all of these. This is very effective, if used properly - but disastrous, if used improperly - killing thousands of innocent people.