Saudi Prince Offers Bentleys To Pilots In Yemen Bombing Raid

When a drone operator takes out a target and saves us from having to put boots on the ground to face those "grevious risks" to accomplish the same thing, I think that operator should be failry compensated.

@quasimondo that doesnt make any sense at all its not as if the drone operator is even the one who makes the executive decision to take out an ISIS terrorist in a Landcruiser or a shepherd tending his flock... its someone of much higher pay grade i doubt a drone operator is likely to facing congressional inquiry if things go wrong

@TonyJZX The drone operator is the one who's pushing the FIRE button that launches the missiles. Someone of a much higher pay grade may have told him, "this is the target," but in the end, it's the operator that's ending somebody's life, even if they're doing it from an air conditioned room on a stateside airbase on the other side of the world.

@quasimondo Knowing most drone operators, they'd probably prefer to be adequately compensated with a bag of "Chips-ahoy" cookies over a medal anyway.

@quasimondo Plenty of boots already on the ground at the bases those drones fly out of. Plenty of rocket fire and mortars routinely landing on those bases too. While the drones can certainly reduce the risk in that it is less likely someone will have to kick in a door, it isn't a free ride by any stretch.