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Unhappy drone crews booed commander?

Here is some interesting stuff from "War is Boring": "Drone crews became so unhappy that, in one chilling moment in late 2005 or early 2006, a group of Predator operators actually booed their commander. ‘They were just so bitter and so angry,’ the commander said, according to a redacted U.S. Air Force official history that ...

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Here is some interesting stuff from "War is Boring":

Here is some interesting stuff from "War is Boring":

"Drone crews became so unhappy that, in one chilling moment in late 2005 or early 2006, a group of Predator operators actually booed their commander.

‘They were just so bitter and so angry,’ the commander said, according to a redacted U.S. Air Force official history that War Is Boring obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request."

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1

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