Before all the hate brigade from people who have never set a foot outside the states.<p>As someone who interacted with troops in combat before (in Iraq before immigrating), I am all for anything helping soldiers do their job more effectively and modernizing their tech.<p>No they aren't seen as an Imperial force, in 2003 they were seen as liberators by most people (I was against the war, it was dumb, replaced a dictator with 500 mini dictators with no real plan besides theft). In 2013, realistically, without the US support ISIS would still be a threat on the ground. And now majority of the population would want more US intervention as a hedge against being an Iranian puppet state.
Black Mirror anyone?<p>Highly recommend watching this episode: (spoilers on Wiki obviously) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Against_Fire" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Against_Fire</a><p>Soldiers naturally face immense PTSD from harming human beings. There is only one natural end game of this technological progression uninterrupted; soldiers will be coddled by tech to dehumanize the enemy.