\tR\u00e9cemment, dedefensa.org<\/em> avait signal\u00e9 les r\u00e9cents d\u00e9veloppements de la guerre a\u00e9rienne en Afghanistan avec McChrystal. (Lien : http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article-en_attendant_l_usaf_05_01_2010.html<\/a>.) Je signale un autre article, de Noah Shachtman, de Danger Room<\/em>, le 14 janvier 2010, qui apporte des pr\u00e9cisions int\u00e9ressantes. (Lien : http:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2010\/01\/afghan-drone-war-spikes-under-mcchrystal\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tC’est vrai que les activit\u00e9s de l’USAF avec avions pilot\u00e9s en soutien des forces au sol ont fortement d\u00e9cru depuis l’arriv\u00e9e de McChrystal. En contrepartie, l’activit\u00e9 des drones<\/em> sans pilotes a tr\u00e8s fortement augment\u00e9. Et les d\u00e9g\u00e2ts collat\u00e9raux (civils) du fait des drones<\/em>, \u00e0 cause desquels on avait d\u00e9cid\u00e9 la r\u00e9duction du soutien a\u00e9rien pilot\u00e9, ont tr\u00e8s fortement augment\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abSince taking over as top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal has dramatically scaled back the traditional air war, cutting in half the number of munitions dropped from the sky. The unmanned air war, however, has escalated under McChrystal’s watch, reports Spencer Ackerman. Since July 2009, there have been 89 drone strikes in Afghanistan, compared to 61 during the same period last year.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbMcChrystal cut back on old-school air strikes, to prevent the civilian casualties that can turn into Taliban propaganda victories. A United Nations report released yesterday found that the number of innocent deaths caused by the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan had dropped by 28 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbTo Ackerman, that means that McChrystal’s command has found the sweet spot: an increase in aerial lethality that does not result in significant collateral damage. Drones do carry smaller, less-lethal weaponry than, say, a manned B-1B bomber. And the ability of unmanned aircraft to loiter in the air for hours at a time does give their remote pilots more time to take a second look at a target before pulling the trigger. But I’d advise a little caution before declaring that sweet spot reached.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe new U.N. report shows that civilian deaths caused by Americans and other pro-government forces crept up during the fall and in some months, were actually higher than bloody 2008’s levels. That’s just when the drone strikes really started to escalate. The latest unmanned attacks came earlier this week, when a pair of drones killed 16 in Helmand province. All of them were militants, allegedly.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n Le fl\u00e2neur<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Les effets de la guerre de McChrystal R\u00e9cemment, dedefensa.org avait signal\u00e9 les r\u00e9cents d\u00e9veloppements de la guerre a\u00e9rienne en Afghanistan avec McChrystal. (Lien : http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article-en_attendant_l_usaf_05_01_2010.html.) Je signale un autre article, de Noah Shachtman, de Danger Room, le 14 janvier 2010, qui apporte des pr\u00e9cisions int\u00e9ressantes. (Lien : http:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2010\/01\/afghan-drone-war-spikes-under-mcchrystal\/). 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