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I will not, in any way, defend the actions of the current programs being run.

However, your statement:

Arrest them and try them in a court of justice. End of story.

Is not at all easy to accomplish. The government of Pakistan doesn't control a significant part of the country.

Add to that the corruption at all levels, and it would be difficult to pursue an arrest warrant effectively. If you try to negotiate your way into the areas where the suspects are, it will take a while (and likely a lot of bribes) and they will hear of it and go into hiding. If you want to ignore all the formalities, and just rush in and grab the suspect, you're effectively mounting a small invasion, which the central government AND the tribal leaders will oppose. So you're back to shooting people again.

Again, I'm not saying what the USA is doing is a good solution, I'm just saying I'm not aware of a good and effective solution at all.