US public support for drone strikes reversed sharply outside the United States

Evidence

Obama’s sophisticated oratory and rebranding of the war on terror meant that the US public supported drone warfare. In June 2012, about 62 percent of the public approved of drone strikes. This stood in stark contrast to polls in Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, where disapproval ranged from 81 to 89 percent. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 508

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the general theme in the book (and in imperial-studies literature) that the metropole and periphery experience the same policy in radically different ways. — connects to: US and Middle Eastern publics diverged sharply on approving drone strikes; The drone war escalated dramatically under Trump across new countries — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 519

Broader Connections

• US and Middle Eastern publics diverged sharply on approving drone strikes #corroborates (1.00)
• The drone war escalated dramatically under Trump across new countries #qualifies (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 519