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The poll is flawed.
The drone itself is seen as this robot flying around killing people and the human that operates sees it as a video game.
They don't understand the layers of intelligence gathering that occurs, such as spying on the militants, signal intercepts by NSA, identification of the militants, approval process all the way to the President and assessment of collateral damage.
Its not a free for all. This is a carefully managed program and has devastated Al Qaeda and Taliban.
Just look at the terrorist attacks occurring in Pakistan. They have nose dived as soon as the Drone strikes picked up pace.
So for other countries such as Greece whose public is totally against drone strikes. I understand their viewpoint but they were not hit on 9/11, they are not a global superpower and they don't understand the mechanism behind these drone strikes.
No, blinded by your hatred of Pakistan, YOU don't understand the concept of due process and extrajudicial executions.
In this case its obliviousness. I don't think beyond pdf many Indians will be aware of Drone Strikes.
But the poll specifically makes them aware of the strikes and asks their opinion. From the OP wording, it seems the poll question was phrased as targeting 'extremists', which is itself a loaded question given that the US automatically counts all adult males as 'militants', so the opposition is all the more surprising.