Despite the fact that ISIS is obviously being propped up by Western forces, a recent Pew Research poll discovered that a shocking 63% of Americans support using drone strikes against ISIS, and 47% would like to see a ground invasion of the region. I guess some things never change. History has shown us time and time again, that the vast majority of Americans are so dupable that it would be hilarious if it weren’t so tragic. As the old saying goes, ‘fool me once’ and well…you know the rest.
So now that the American public is coming around to the idea of invading Syria and Iraq, an idea which would have been unthinkable a year ago, it’s safe to assume that the United States will be stepping up their drone attacks against ISIS. But unfortunately for the war pigs in Washington, there’s a small hitch in their plan. It turns out that the highly trained pilots and support staff required to fly these multimillion dollar machines, are fleeing the profession in droves.
The U. S. Air Force’s fleet of drones is being strained to the ‘breaking point,’ according to senior military officials and an internal service memo acquired by The Daily Beast. And it’s happening right when the unmanned aircraft are most needed to fight ISIS.
The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones. It just doesn’t have the manpower to operate those machines. The Air Force’s situation is so dire that Air Combat Command (ACC), which trains and equips the service’s combat forces, is balking at filling the Pentagon’s ever increasing demands for more drone flights.
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on March 10th, 2015.
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