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Troops Out, Drones In

Policing the world with remote-controlled aircraft.

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That's our future in Pakistan, Iraq, and the next theater of war: less manpower on the ground, more unmanned power in the sky. We promised to pull out our troops. We didn't promise not to replace them.

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Photograph of an RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at Tallil Air Base in Iraq by Deb Smith/U.S. Air Force/Getty Images.