U.S. Military Joins CIA's Drone War in Pakistan

'Ironically, these two connected air campaigns are almost mirror images of one another. On one side of the border, there's an influx of tens of thousands of U.S. troops; on the other, American boots on the ground have been largely forbidden, except for a handful of trainers from special forces. So instead, America uses a fleet of robotic aircraft, to avoid the prohibition against flesh-and-blood troops.'