Pre-Iraq War, our mission was to enforce the UN sanctioned no-fly zone over Southern Iraq. Our UAVs merely patrolled the area, searching for violations, such as illegally operated AAA radar sites and unauthorized air traffic. By the way, the Iraqis were responsible for downing some of our Predators, which had no weapon systems on them to fight back at the time. We weren't a CIA OP, we were a strictly military one.

I was transferred out of the unit by the time we invaded Iraq and a little more after that, I retired.

When I got to the unit, it was during the Clinton Administration, so how many times did anyone accused them of bombing innocent Iraqi civilians with F-15s?

So, I say a BIG difference.