After all, if the bad guys are on the run without risking legions of boots on the ground, what's not to like?
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"As important as technology is, you can't deal with the realities of warfare without people on the ground, " Mr. Cordesman said.
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Without the opening up of airspace, general aviation in China faces a chicken-and-egg problem: the lack of infrastructure on the ground limits the prospects for growth, but without more flights there is little reason to invest in such infrastructure, or in training schemes for pilots and technicians.
Fortunately, much can be done to demonstrate the strategic importance the West attaches to Africa without putting boots on the ground.
It uses sensors on an unmanned helicopter to locate a load and pick it up automatically without having anyone on the ground.
So they went up there and they discovered not only had they abandoned those positions, they had moved four miles toward the west, toward the city of Mosul ... without a shot being fired on the ground, although those positions were fairly severely bombed over the past 10 days or so.
But if all you do is comment on the relative quality of life in the penthouse and the ground floor without acknowledging the fact that people regularly come and go from both you create a totally erroneous impression of economic inequality.
Without allies on the ground inside Iraq, we will be handicapping our own efforts.
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The jury heard Mr Beckford drove off without stopping, leaving Mr Brown on the ground with a crushed chest and a broken neck.
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And with American Airlines, its major tenant, the airport equipped gates with laser-driven systems called Safedock that let pilots drive airplanes up to gates without workers on the ground directing them.
Of course, as US drone operations in Pakistan again demonstrate, without a presence on the ground, you cannot have any certainty that you are attacking real targets.
Congress and the President had trouble finding common ground on the budget, and Congress refused to increase the debt limit without some move toward fiscal health.
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For the first time, on-the-ground soldiers will be able to fire at a hidden opponent without having to go up the chain of command to ask for a precision air strike and waste precious time doing so.
Because drone warfare can be pursued without putting any boots on the ground, those interventions have happened with little to no public scrutiny.
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We think that this approach will provide ample opportunity for mobile-first companies that think about the mobile user from the ground-up and focus on their needs without any pre-conceived notions.
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We certainly hope that we are able to continue to fund the government without drama, and focus on the challenge of trying to see if common ground can be occupied by both Republicans and Democrats when it comes to reducing our deficit in a balanced way.
And Americans' exhaustion with wars overseas undoubtedly makes him more reluctant to act, but the president's persuasive powers can be deployed to good effect, especially since meaningful results can be achieved without the proverbial American boots on the ground.
Without a sufficient number of forces on the ground, the US would lose its ability to gather intelligence and so know what targets to attack.
And all of this was done without putting a single U.S. troop on the ground.
Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives.
Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives, and our NATO mission will soon come to an end.
Without giving much ground over the two days, she did her best to sound reasonable on US policy.
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