Stan McChrystal, Drone Skeptic

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By Wired Danger Room | 02 July 2012 | 128

The former commander of the Afghanistan war and the most elite unit in the U.S. military wants to use robotic aircraft “a lot.” But retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal actually sounded more like a skeptic of the U.S.’ robotic arsenal. McChrystal remembered apologizing to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who informed the then-commander about Afghan irrigation techniques which sometimes involve tending the soil at night. “That’s the point: you have to know those things,” McChrystal said, as drones do not remove the need to “get your feet in the mud and understand people.” Read More