The Denver Post has a story today by New York Times writer Elisabeth Bumiller about drone pilots. Studying terrorist suspects in very close detail brings an intimacy with the intended target never experienced by pilots flying at 20,000 feet or eve by ground troops. Does that make it more difficult to pull the trigger?
According to Bumiller, the Air Force has 1300 drone pilots for missions in Afghanistan, and the CIA has more for missions in Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen and who-knows-where-else?
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_21188376/their-pilots-drones-put-new-twists-familiar-war
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