The term blowback is defined as The unintended adverse results of a political action or situation. Drone strikes by the US are therefore widely understood to cause blowback. In this case, blowback may be in the form of increased militancy and widespread anti-American sentiment that increases the risk of terrorism not only in the region but across the world. Drone strikes have been carried out by the US in Pakistan since 2004, the year Pakistan decided to launch military operations against militants. Drone strikes have increased under the Obama administration and along with them so have the number of civilians killed. A recent report carried out jointly by Stanford University Law School and New York University identified this problem, highlighting serious concerns on the impact on innocent civilians by the drone warfare waged by the Obama administration, citing that civilian casualties do fuel militancy and anti-American sentiment, detrimental to the larger and long-term aims of the US in the region. The casualties as of this date vary but an estimated 1,500-3000 people have been killed in drone strikes, most of whom are civilians, civilians who are killed without warning simply for being in a certain area. If the US launched its War on Terror to win hearts and minds, certain emphasis must be put on the hearts and minds remaining inside bodies. The families of the victims are without a doubt left in grief and anger. The anger is placed towards the Americans for the deaths and most of them want revenge. In the remote north-western tribal areas of Pakistan, there is little or no rule of law, so those affected can easily be exploited by the militants and turned into fighters or suicide bombers. The blowback is not only limited within the tribal areas but across much of Pakistan. Ordinary citizens feel powerless to stop the bloodshed as a corrupt government tacitly approves of the strikes in secret while publicly condemning it. The anger at the American government across Pakistan can be illustrated by the recent Peace March led by politician Imran Khan to the tribal areas to protest against the drone strikes. The people who joined him were ordinary citizens from all social and religious backgrounds not only from Pakistan but across the world. The march was put forward to raise awareness of the suffering caused by these strikes. If America truly wanted to win the war it is now trapped in, it would know that fuelling militancy is not the way to combat militancy, even a 10 year old would say that. So why continue with the drone strikes? Is it arrogance? Is it necessary? Is it successful? The answer we simply do not know but what we do know is that a Nobel Peace Prize winner continues to authorise attacks detrimental to any victory in the region and its effects would be felt for years to come.