Publish date24 Oct 2017 - 11:13
Story Code : 290141

Washington’s recall of retired pilots as indication of perpetual war: Analyst

American analyst has called Washington’s recall of over 1’000 retired US army pilots as an indication of ‘permanent war’ mentality.
Washington’s recall of retired pilots as indication of perpetual war: Analyst
In an interview with Press TV on Tuesday, Gordon Duff, a senior editor of Veterans Today said, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel’s intelligence agencies have pushed the US into a perpetual state of war.

“These nations have paid off US lawmakers, pushed the US into illegal permanent wars, invasions like the 2003 invasion of Iraq," he said.

The United States Air Force announced Saturday it may recall as many as 1,000 retired military pilots to tackle an “acute shortage” in its ranks amid a national pilot crisis.

The measure amounts to an expansion of a state of national emergency declared by former President George W. Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

It is meant "to mitigate the Air Force's acute shortage of pilots," said Pentagon spokesman Navy Commander Gary Ross in a statement on Saturday.

"We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Ross said.

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