General McInerney is the founder of Government Reform Through Technology, a consulting firm that works with high-tech companies. GRTT conducts business with federal, state, city and local governments to help them introduce advanced technology into the public sector.
Prior to this, he was the CEO and the president of Business Executives for National Security, a national, nonpartisan organization of business and professional leaders.
For 35 years, General McInerney served as a pilot, commander, and strategic planner in the U.S. Air Force.
He retired from military service as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Director of the Defense Performance Review, reporting to the secretary of defense. He led the Pentagon's Reinventing Government effort, visiting more than 100 leading-edge commercial companies to assimilate their ideas about business re-engineering.
General McInerney graduated from the United States Military Academy and earned a master's degree in international relations from George Washington University. He also attended the Armed Forces Staff College and National War College.
He stated that the drone landed on a runway inside Iran, and that he suspected that, somehow, control of the drone was hijacked. That's pretty hard to imagine.
My opinion is that we should have done everything possible to destroy this thing, even if we had to bomb it on the ground. The Chief Executive was afraid to do this, fearing it would be construed an act of war. I agree with the poster who said we need a President who has a pair..
\”He stated that the drone landed on a runway inside Iran, and that he suspected that, somehow, control of the drone was hijacked. That’s pretty hard to imagine. “
still hard to imagine, but not as hard maybe.
But ...
There is no way that the Iranians got control of that aircraft with its encrypted control links. No way.
And ...
I'm a bit surprised that McInerney would hand out the additional info on the landing at an Iranian airfield. Knowing McInerney's background he would never divulge that info if he knew it was classified, which IMHO it would be. So his source or sources are presumably passing out information that has escaped the security controls and is fairly widely known, at least within the military.
This still just doesn't add up for me and that is certainly not a criticism of the General. No question that he is trustworthy on this issue. He will do the right thing.