President Fawaz Gerges acknowledged -- for first time -- human toll of drone attacks . Obama : the United States `` war on terror '' and drone strikes fuel home-grown radicalization . Recent attackers unified not by ideology , but core grievances , real or imagined - Gerges . In this sense , the fight disproportionately inflames anti-Western sentiments and creates more terrorists at home . Deescalating `` war on terror , he says , could remove sources of disillusionment for American teens .
President Fawaz Gerges acknowledged -- for first time -- human toll of drone attacks . Obama : the United States `` war on terror '' and drone strikes fuel home-grown radicalization . Recent attackers unified not by ideology , but core grievances , real or imagined - Gerges . Deescalating `` war on terror , he says , could remove sources of disillusionment for American teens .