The effects of Drone strikes on the drone operators

[calybe]

A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of the United States Air Force in New Mexico. He kills dozens of people. But then, one day, he realizes that he can't do it anymore.For more than five years, Brandon Bryant worked in an oblong, windowless container about the

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[sesmo]

I hope you mean they both support war, not drones. Drones are just yet another way to kill people in a war. It is no more deadly than other forms of bombing, and significantly less deadly than sending in a bunch of soldiers.

[metanoiame]

Yet, they are still exactly as deadly to the men, women, and children killed on a daily basis as "collateral damage."

And both two-party candidates were enthusiastic supporters of drones as well as warfare. Drone strikes have never been higher than under Obama, and Romney obviously wouldn't have "backed down" from them.

[mimblexwimble]

"The effects of Drone strikes on the drone operators." -- that's about as far as I got before I stopped caring.

Also:

She wants to show them "that mommy can get to work and do a good job." She doesn't want to be like the women in Afghanistan she watched -- submissive and covered from head to toe. "The women there are no warriors," she says.

Fuck you very much.

[oddityangel]

I second that 'fuck you very much.' You're no thunderbolt hurling god or 'warrior,' lady. You're someone with the 'luck' to be born on the side with fancier killing machines. Like we're supposed to admire your....what, 'strength' when compared to these women you know nothing about? What a bunch of patronizing bullshit.

[girly123]

"The effects of Drone strikes on the drone operators." -- that's about as far as I got before I stopped caring.

Lol exactly.

[calybe]

"The effects of Drone strikes on the drone operators." -- that's about as far as I got before I stopped caring.

Initially I felt the same, but I felt it was an important article to share as it shows just how much they dehumanise the murdered. Children are now dogs, they watch people having intercourse, doing everyday chores. Ordinary civilians have their privacy completely invaded, and yet they try to justify it by claiming these are terrorists.

And the woman soldier really pissed me off.

[girly123]

She wants to show them "that mommy can get to work and do a good job." She doesn't want to be like the women in Afghanistan she watched -- submissive and covered from head to toe. "The women there are no warriors," she says.

Oh, she can ABSOLUTELY go fuck herself. These women she's maligning are better warriors than she will ever be by virtue of living in the warzone she's playing a hand in creating.

And that's ignoring the fact that you have no business dictating who should and should not be called a warrior if you're in a safe bunker killing innocent people remotely. The fuck out of here with that shit.

[raisingirl99]

I thought that was a very interesting read.

I do feel sympathy for anyone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Besides, it sounds like Bryant was pretty young when he started getting involved with all this (if he was 20 when he flew his first mission over Iraq). Seems like it would be hard to deal with things at such a young age, even if you thought you knew what you were getting into.

[sesmo]

I have issues with someone who joins the military during a war and then claims to be shocked that innocent people are being killed. WTF did he think war was?

[romp]

Given the PR the military uses and the age at which many sign up, I think many recruits think they're going to fight cartoon villains.

[redstar826]

Hell, I talk to many grown adults who are well out of their teens and who think that the US is always in the right and that the people we are fighting are in the wrong. If they don't see how flawed that thinking is, I really don't feel that I can expect better of 17 and 18 year olds who likely far more impressionable.