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This is a website of Christopher Aaron, former analyst for the CIA's drone warfare program
Christopher speaks about his experiences in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, why the drone program is failing to improve international security, and the lessons he learned as he struggled in returning home.
"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward."
-Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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"I think there needs to be, somewhere in this dialogue, a place for the human emotion of what we have all been through."
"In the spring of 2006, Christopher Aaron started working 12-hour shifts in a windowless room at the Counterterrorism Airborne Analysis Center in Langley, Va."
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"Stand up and say no when you see something wrong."
-Reverend Bob Smith
"We absolutely are sowing the seeds for the next round of people to hate us."
"The extraction of our resources... taken from us as a society... and used to destroy others -- it is a double-destruction."
At UNLV, whistleblowers call for accountability in military drone program.
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER
Christopher Aaron is a former intelligence officer for the CIA and Department of Defense. He served two tours to Afghanistan and Iraq from 2006 - 2009 to conduct intelligence analysis for military leaders in Washington D.C. During his second deployment, he saw that the direction of the wars was leading to further instability and casualties in the region, not less. “Perpetual war” was the result of the continuous drone strikes. He resigned on ethical concerns in 2009.
Following a period of personal searching and recovery, Christopher began to speak on the dangers of the unwinnable wars. Links to some of these talks can be found above.
He is now senior editor for the gold and precious metals portal Gold-Eagle and is passionate about how a sound monetary system can end perpetual war. Click here to read his analysis.
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Christopher is a member of the international peacekeeping organization Veterans for Peace.
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