Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Air Force Times runs ad urging drone pilots to disobey orders

A US veterans’ organizations is running an advertisement in Air Force Times urging military drone operators to refuse orders to fly attack missions. This comes as the Air Force encounters trouble retaining drone operators due to the stress of the job.
The ad was funded by KnowDrones, an organization that aims to achieve an outright ban on the use of weaponized drones
Many argue that drone operators do not know what they’re getting into when they sign up for the job.  
“What this ad is trying to do is to say, ‘look at this now, understand the consequences and follow your conscience and do the right thing,” KnowDrones coordinator Nick Mottern told RT. “Given the fact that the president and Congress won’t act to stop this, we’re appealing directly to the people who are being ordered to do the killing, and who have to bear the weight of this on their conscience to put a stop to it.”
READ MORE:http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/air-force-times-runs-ad-urging-drone-pilots-to-disobey-orders/142328#more-142328

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