The
expansion of US military operations around the drone has coincided
with the Pentagon having an increasingly large drone arsenal to carry
out unmanned airstrikes around the world. That’s given them an
opportunity to massively increase spending on drone warfare.
But
the CIA also invested massively in drone warfare, and officials are
looking for more opportunities to use those drones from extrajudicial
killings. This has led CIA Director Mike Pompeo to press President
Trump for authority to conduct drone strikes in Afghanistan.
Military
drone strikes are common in Afghanistan, and Pentagon officials
aren’t clear what the CIA thinks their drones can do that the
existing drones aren’t already doing. On top of that, since the CIA
declines comment on their strikes, the Pentagon is worried CIA
strikes that kill civilians will lead to blowback against US ground
troops.
The
CIA doesn’t appear to have good answers for the Pentagon’s
concerns, so much as they have a lot of drones they want to get more
use out of. Pompeo has bragged that President Trump has been eager to
grant him more authority and more resources whenever he’s asked,
even though the specifics of what they’re doing and why remains
largely secret.
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