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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nPinto Nag sends us a link from MSN<\/a> which tells us how “Emotional toll taxes military drone operators too”.<\/p>\n While drone operators are not physically in harm’s way \u2014 they do their work at computer terminals in darkened rooms far from the actual battlefield \u2014 growing research is finding they too can suffer some of the emotional strains of war that ground forces face.<\/p>\n “It can be as impactful for these guys as someone in a foxhole,” said Air Force spokesman Tom Kimball.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well, then their supervisors should stop shooting at them while they’re working. I see no need for that.<\/p>\n And here comes our old friend Brandon Bryant with his bullshit stories;<\/p>\n Brandon Bryant manned the cameras for pilots at Air Force bases in Nevada and New Mexico for about five years.<\/p>\n He said he still suffers from insomnia, depression and nightmares three years after he participated in his last mission. He witnessed the direct killing of 13 people, and his squadron was credited with killing 1,626 enemies.<\/p>\n “I would go to sleep and dream about work, the mission, and continuously see the people I’d watched on the screen earlier now in my own head repeatedly being killed,” he said, adding that he felt alone and that no one wanted to talk about it.<\/p>\n Bryant, 28, said he has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by the Veterans Administration.<\/p>\n He said the military’s drone community has shunned him for speaking out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n No, the drone community has shunned him because he’s completely full of shit. We talked to some of them a few years ago<\/a>. And, oh yeah, Bryant is a fan of Brad Manning and Edward Snowden<\/a>. <\/p>\n I respect and I’m grateful for the jobs that drone operators are doing, but they probably need to shut this fool off or no one is ever going to take them seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"