Talk Nation Radio: Cian Westmoreland, former U.S. Air Force technician in Afghanistan, speaks on war by davidcnswanson published on 2016-01-04T20:10:08Z Cian Westmoreland is a former Air Force technician who served in Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan at the 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron. He assisted in building a signal relay station that was used for transmitting and receiving data, radio, and radar picture for unmanned and manned missions for approximately 250,000 square miles over Afghanistan. In a report provided to him after his tour, he was credited with assisting in 2,400 close air support missions and 200+ kills of supposed enemies. The UNAMA report for that year, 2009, claimed however that this number also included 359 civilians killed in airstrikes. Westmoreland discusses his experience. Learn more: http://projectredhand.org See related film: http://dronethedocumentary.com Support whistleblowers: https://whisper.networkforgood.com Genre drones Comment by Rick Rynearson This is an important discussion. Sadly, Cian's story is not believable. One does not get PTSD from putting on a headset and hearing a pilot say they're hunting bad guys (or hearing a supervisor say that). Cian and his friend Brandon Bryant are not furthering the discussion, they are degrading it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DELuSOaXUoQ 2016-01-05T21:14:34Z
