Nearly Half Are Very Concerned That U.S. Drone Attacks Endanger the Lives of Innocent Civilians How concerned are you about whether U.S. drone strikes
The public’s concerns about possible consequences from drone attacks also are little changed from two years ago. Overall, 48% say they are very concerned that U.S. drone strikes endanger the lives of innocent civilians, while another 32% say they are somewhat concerned about this. Earlier this year, two hostages, including one American, were killed by a U.S. drone strike targeting an al Qaeda compound along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
The public expresses less concern over other potential consequences of U.S. drone attacks. About three-in-ten or fewer say they are very concerned U.S. strikes could lead to retaliation from extremist groups (31%), that they are being conducted legally (29%) or that they could damage America’s reputation around the world (24%).
Nearly Half Are Very Concerned That U.S. Drone  | Attacks Endanger the Lives of Innocent Civilians  | How concerned are you about whether U.S. drone strikes  | Very  | Somewhat  | Not too  | Not at all DK  | Endanger lives of  | 48  | 32  | 11 8  | innocent civilians  | Could lead to  | 31  | 17  | 13 2  | 37  | extremist retaliation  | Are being  | 29  | 35  | 16  | 17 3  | conducted legally  | Could reputation damage  | 21 2  | 24  | 33  | 21  | reputation damage of U.S.  | Survey conducted May 12-18 2015 Figures may notadd to 100% because ofrounding  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 