The present-day U.S. military qualifies by any measure as highly professional, much more so than its Cold War predecessor. Yet the purpose of today’s professionals is not to preserve peace but to fight unending wars in distant places. Intoxicated by a post-Cold War belief in its own omnipotence, the United States allowed itself to be drawn into a long series of armed conflicts, almost all of them yielding unintended consequences and imposing greater than anticipated costs. Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. forces have destroyed many targets and killed many people. Only rarely, however, have they succeeded in accomplishing their assigned political purposes. . . . [F]rom our present vantage point, it becomes apparent that the “Revolution of ‘89” did not initiate a new era of history. At most, the events of that year fostered various unhelpful illusions that impeded our capacity to recognize and respond to the forces of change that actually matter.

Andrew Bacevich


Monday, September 1, 2008

War News for Monday, September 01, 2008

Anbar control handed over to Iraq:

13 journalists killed worldwide in August:

4 killed as explosion his southern Philippines:



Baghdad:
#1: A sniper shot dead two Iraqi soldiers on Sunday in Mansour district, in western Baghdad, police said.

#2: Two bodies were found with gunshot wounds on Sunday in Baghdad, police said.

#3: Three civilians were injured by an adhesive IED that was attached to their car. The incident took place in al Taharyat intersection in Karrada neighborhood in downtown Baghdad around 12:30 p.m.


Diyala Prv:
Muqdadiya:
#1: Three people, including the al-Wajihiya district chief, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a vehicle northeast of Baaquba city on Monday, a security source from Diala police said. "The vehicle was boarding the three men on the main street in al-Wajihiya, al-Muqdadiya district, (45 km) northeast of Baaquba," the source, who did not want his name published, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq.


Tuz Khurmato:
#1: A roadside bomb wounded police Lieutenant-Colonel Hussain Ali just outside his house in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

#2: A roadside bomb wounded ten people, including seven policemen, when it exploded in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


Mosul:
#1: Eight people were wounded including three policemen, by three roadside bombs on Sunday in different districts in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.



Afghanistan:
#1: A raid by foreign and Afghan forces in Kabul early Monday killed a man and his two children, a police official and witnesses said. The raid in the eastern outskirts of the Afghan capital was conducted by U.S. troops backed by Afghan intelligence agents, said police officer Qubaidullah, who like many Afghans goes by one name. He said the raid killed a man and two of his children and wounded his wife. The U.S.-led coalition and NATO-led force said they had no information about Monday's raid and could not confirm their troops participated.

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