50% Say Drones Have Made U.S. Safer; Just 31% Say Same about Afghan War Has each made U.S. safer from terrorism, less safe or hasn't it made a difference? Source: America' s Placein the World 2013 General public: 059.
With regard to specific security policies, 50% say the use of military drones to target extremists in Pakistan and other countries in the region has made the United States safer from terrorism, just 14% say it has made the U.S. less safe, while 27% say it has not made a difference.
The government’s phone and internet surveillance programs get mixed grades: 39% say they have made the nation safer from terrorism, 14% less safe and 38% say they have not made a difference. Finally, as the war in Afghanistan is winding down, just 31% of the public say the 12-year-long conflict has made the country safer from terrorism, 21% say it has made the U.S. less safe, and the plurality view (43%) is that it has not made a difference in U.S. security.
50% Say Drones Have Made U.S. Safer;  | Just 31% Say Same about Afghan War  | Has each made U.S. safer from terrorism, less safe or  | hasn't it made a difference?  | Safer  | Not much d ifference  | Less safe  | Use of military drones  | 50  | 27  | 14  | Govissurveillance  | 39  | 38  | 14  | War inAighanistan  | 31  | 43  | 21  | Source: America' s Placein the World 2013 General public: 059.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 