Elinye lamanyathelo amakhulu kunye nokuphikisana athe umongameli wase-United States, uDonald Trump, usandula ukuwenza kukuvumela i-CIA ukuba iphumeze. Uhlaselo lwedrone kwabarhanelwa abarhanelwa, umlinganiso othelekisa nalowo uthathwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngumongameli wangaphambili, u-Barack Obama, othintele indima ye-CIA.
Okwangoku, inyani kukuba i-White House, i-CIA ngokwayo okanye iSebe lezoKhuselo alikhuphelanga naluphi na uhlobo lwengxelo ukuphendula olu lwazi lupapashwe ngu Wall Street Journal ecaphula njengemithombo yamagosa olawulo uqobo.
UTrump uxhobisa i-CIA ukuba yenze uhlaselo ngeedrones ezixhobileyo xa zibona kufanelekile.
Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba i-United States kanye yayililizwe lokuqala ukumilisela uhlaselo kusetyenziswa i-drones enezixhobo ezinemijukujelwa ekujongwe ukuba yayijolise ekulweni. Olu hlaselo lwenzeka kwakamsinya emva kwesehlo esibuhlungu sikaSeptemba 11, 2001 eNew York naseWashington. Emveni kwalonto, U-Obama uzame ukuphembelela imigaqo-nkqubo yelizwe jikelele yokusetyenziswa kwesitrayikhi se-drone njengoko ezinye izizwe zaqala ukwenza ezazo iinkqubo.
Ngokwabagxeki beli nyathelo, uhlaselo kusetyenziswa ezi ntlobo zezixhobo zenza amajoni angaphezulu kokubulala. Kule ngxelo bacaphula, umzekelo, ukusasazeka kwemibutho ye-jihadist okanye uhlaselo lomkhosi wolu hlobo lombutho kwihlabathi liphela, ukugxothwa kohlaselo lwedrone kungayandisa le ngxaki.