Ibhalwe nguJake Heller, I-House Clearing House
Owayekade esebenzela izindiza ze-Air Force ukhuluma ngokumelene nokusebenzisa kweMelika impi ye-drone, ebiza uhlelo lwe-drone yezempi ngokuthi "lunokuziphatha okubi" futhi "lungenye yamandla ahlukumeza kakhulu amaphekula kanye nokucekela phansi emhlabeni jikelele."
Ezingxoxweni abe nazo nabakwa-NBC News, abathathu ababekade besebenza empini - abaneminyaka engu-15 benolwazi ngezindiza zezempi - bagxekile izindleko zomphakathi zokushaywa kwe-drone futhi bacela uMongameli Obama ukuthi "aguqule lokhu" ngaphambi kokuba ashiye isikhundla.
"Besingenandaba nanoma yimuphi umonakalo owenzekile," kusho uMichael Haas, 29, obesebenza njengomqhubi we-drone kanye nomfundisi. Noma nini lapho kuvela lokho, isikhathi esiningi kwakuba 'necala ngokuhlanganyela' noma ngezinye izikhathi sasingabacabangeli abanye abantu abasesikrinini."
Eceleni kowayengumqhubi we-drone owayengatholakali ukuthi akhulume ne-NBC News, laba abathathu abazichaza ngokwabo baphinde babhala. incwadi kuMongameli u-Obama, uNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Ash Carter, kanye noMqondisi weCIA uJohn Brennan lapho baxhumanisa khona iziteleka ze-drone nokwanda kwe-ISIS kanye nokuhlasela kwakamuva eParis. Kumaphekula, babhala, ukuhlasela kwe-drone "kuyithuluzi eliyisisekelo lokuqasha elifana neGuantanamo Bay."
I-Air Force, esitatimendeni esithunyelwe kwa-NBC News, ithe: "Abashayeli bezindiza bethu abashayela bekude benza umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu onomthelela omkhulu ekuvikelweni kwezwe kanye nokuphepha komhlaba." Lesi sitatimende asizange sibhekane ngqo nezimangalo zalowo owayesebenza emoyeni.
Iziteleka zezindiza zaseMelika zikhuphuke kakhulu ngaphansi kukaMongameli Obama; ePakistan kuphela, abaphathi bamanje sebeqalise iziteleka ezingama-370 uma kuqhathaniswa nezingama-51 zokuphatha kukaBush, ngokusho kweBureau of Investigative Journalism, elandelela ukuhlasela.
Engeza i-Somalia ne-Yemen (usebenzisa idatha ye-New America Foundation), futhi uMongameli u-Obama usesungule iziteleka ze-drone ezingamaphesenti angu-894 ukwedlula owamanduleli wakhe.
Sekuhlangene, iziteleka ze-drone ePakistan, eSomalia naseYemen zibulale amasosha angu-2,736 kuya kwangu-4,169, ngokusho kweNew America Foundation.
Khonamanjalo, lezo ziteleka zibulale nezinkulungwane zabantu. Izilinganiso zisuka ku-488 ziye ku-1,071, ngokusho kwe-Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
“Sabona ukumoshwa okubi kakhulu, ukungaphathi kahle, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla, futhi abaholi bezwe lethu beqamba amanga obala ngokusebenza ngempumelelo kohlelo lwe-drone,” kubhala la madoda amane encwadini yawo.
Ummeli wabo, u-Kathleen McClellan, ubize ukuphikisa kwabo ngokusobala ngokuthi “isikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando.”
"Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi abantu abaningi abasebenza ohlelweni lwe-drone bakhulume," esho engxoxweni abe nayo ne-NBC News.
UStephen Lewis, 29, owayelawula amakhamera endizamtshina eyayisiza ukuqondisa imicibisholo ye-Hellfire ukuthi iqonde lapho ayehlose khona, uthe “wayeziphuzela [yena] ukuze alale” njalo ebusuku ngemva kokufika ekhaya evela emsebenzini. “Kwakuyisiko lapho,” esho. "Wonke umuntu wenze okuthile ukuze asuse unqenqema - ukuguqula iqiniso ukuze ungacabangi ngalokho okwenzile."
U-Cian Westmoreland, 28, obesebenza engqalasizinda yezokuxhumana ngaphandle kwaseJalimane nase-Afghanistan, uthe ubenamaphupho amabi “mayelana nokufa kwezingane noma omama futhi ngizama ukubasiza, kodwa ngehluleka.
“Ngavele ngizizwe ngingenamandla. Futhi ngangazi ukuthi ingxenye yephutha lami,” kusho yena.
UBrandon Bryant, 30, wayengu-opharetha wangaphambili we-drone ongatholakali kwinhlolokhono.
Womane amadoda athi aphethwe yi-PTSD. Abameleli babo bathi bonke bakhululwe ngokuhloniphekile - nokuthi banikezwe amabhonasi okubuyisela asukela ku-$50,000 kuya ku-$110,000.
Abashayeli bezindiza be-Drone "bangochwepheshe futhi bathobela umthetho osebenzayo, izinqubomgomo futhi balandela izinqubo eziqinile," kwengeza i-Air Force. "Abasebenzi bezindiza kulindeleke ukuthi bahambisane nezindinganiso ezimisiwe zokuziphatha."
I-Air Force okwamanje idonsa kanzima ukugcina abashayeli bezindiza ze-drone futhi ilahlekelwa abashayeli bezindiza abaningi kunalabo ababaqeqeshayo, nakuba ithi "kudingeka umzamo omkhulu" "ukumisa umbutho."
"Umkhakha wezindiza oshayelwa kude ungaphansi kobunzima obukhulu," kubhala iSenate Armed Services Committee ngoMeyi walo wezi-2015. umbiko.
U-Lewis ukhumbula ukuthi kungani ahamba. “Ngokushesha nje ngemva kokuthatha impilo yami yokuqala,” esho, watshela abaphathi bakhe ukuthi “ngangingeyena owalapho — ngangingasadingi ukuba lapho.
“Abantu bacabanga ukuthi umdlalo wevidiyo,” esho. "Kodwa emdlalweni wevidiyo unezindawo zokuhlola, unamaphuzu okuqala kabusha."
Ngama-drones, "uma udubula lowo mcibisholo, akukho ukuqala kabusha."
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