military is relying more and more on drone warfare does modern weaponry doing more harm than good brendan ryan just forward clone operator in the u.s. military is with me today to share his experience. modern warfare can be found in mountain passes down near urban streets but aircraft firing missiles over afghanistan can be guided remotely from a base in nevada in a dark room lit by computer screens or by a. i let you know you get the skies what plays in the mind of a group reader before he hits the button is it easy to point to the new thousands of miles away he said of face to face those who engage in war be distanced from its dangers and consequences. brendan brian two served in the u.s. air force as a drone operator welcome to our show it's really great to have you with us brendon hi. thank you for having me right out both obama and trump haven't raced drone warfare with strikes in somalia and yemen tripling in trump's first year in office but this is your mission in this country is afghanistan a prime example never seems to improve can drones really change the course of a complain. no dro

let's bring in brendan ryan. strikes me that when we read much of the copy about oil, the world seems much more carnage and about the risk of demand destruction than they were in previous bouts. brendan: i think that's true. the big issue in the background there, shale oil. also,g at the middle east the trump administration made clear several weeks ago that they are not looking very at continue saudi or opec production cutbacks. doingwhat the u.s. is now for saudi and other countries you would expect saudi to move in that direction. we've seen a little downward movement but i was in the case of the last few months when oil prices were going higher, partly as an effective what they have been doing with production levels. i wonder what inflation impact you expect to see. this takes us back to the tariff story. aluminum very specific year. the u.s. expecting to pay more for aluminium. how do you see the inputs to brendan: i always see the commodity input story into aflation being very much subplot, not a dominant th