If I understand this, 4,700 terrorist leaders* have been killed by drones since 2002. In 2004, The Marine Corp leadership consisted of two 4 star generals, 8, 25, and 35 respectively for 3, 2 and 1 star generals. 70 in total. The other branches each had about twice that number. That made about 500 top leaders. In spite of the vague definition of what constitutes a primary Drone target, one would have to assume the elimination of 4,700 active or inactive terrorist leaders, perhaps alongside many more knowledgeable underlings and second wingers, would have certainly decimated the "organization" whatever it is. It would have to be in tatters. So, it's simple. The number is the equivalent of eliminating the entire top leadership levels of the entire United States Military 10 TIMES OVER. Or as if the United States Armed Services would be forced to replace the whole field of leaders every year since this (atrocity) started. How well would that work out? And, it shouldn't go without mentioning that the Pentagon, as it is, says there are too many Generals. see: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/5920:the-pentagons-biggest-overrun-way-too-many-generals --- There were 1,468,364 active duty military personnel in 2011. With this, one might expect the number of terrorists, using the same ratio applied to their number of dead high-level operatives, to be a staggering 126,900,000. One Hundred Twenty Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand people. That's not right of course. You would have to factor over time, so let's say an organization that needs about 500 leaders replaced every year (and that's about what 4,700 assassinations becomes over 10 years), would probably be about as large as the world's largest and most effective military apparatus. The US military. Silly. There has likely been far far FAR fewer "members". Infinitesimally small by comparison. The news has reported the demise of every leader, with or without proof or evidence, mostly without, and in some cases multiply cited, because they seem to keep coming back from their graves. The terrorist organization SHOULD have been neutralized. 4,700 people would likely be a large piece of the pie, with hand picked targets of strategic importance, so it is claimed. Anything remaining would be easily infiltrated and finished. In reality, 4,700 is a number obviously jammed too full with innocent blood. And so much magnified horror and desperation in the wake of such loss. --- The terrorist is really more of a cookie-cutter concept. One is so very much like another. But so is a DRONE. *number, reported in video above, the US administration would have everyone believe represents actual terrorists - or the sanitized enemy combatants.