"A jack’s the first foot in the door." the General said. "I know I sound like a fossil, but a man is what he is. You know, the tele-operation revolution was already underway in my time, creeping into just about every support branch you can name. Let me tell you, it’s not the answer. All that rigger stuff is worse than ICBMs, in its own way. Dehumanizing, that’s what it is. What’s war without the human element? This augmentation stuff is worse still It makes the dehumanization personal. I can’t see why it’s being pushed."