I understand drones are effective tools in our military’s aresenal.  I understand they minimize the risk in-close fighting brings to our side. But there is something about this that’s more than a little chilling: Holloman sits on almost 60,000 acres of desert badlands, near jagged hills that are frosted with snow for several months of the year — a perfect training ground for pilots who will fly Predators and Reapers over the similarly hostile terrain of Afghanistan. When I visited the base earlier this year with a small group of reporters, we were taken into a command post where a … Continue reading Disturbing