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


Thursday, March 28, 2013

War News for Thursday, March 28, 2013

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an insurgent attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 27th.


Afghan villagers flee their homes, blame US drones as targeted killings of militants rise

16-year old boy kills foreign soldier in Afghanistan


Reported security incidents
#1: In Afghanistan more than 20 insurgents have been killed and at least four civilians in a joint NATO Afghan army operation in Logar province just south of Kabul. A local Taliban commander also died. A NATO spokesperson also confirmed that as part of the operation two captured Afghan soldiers were rescued.

#2: Afghan security forces and the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have defused 13 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in eastern Afghan provinces, the ISAF said on Thursday. "Afghan and Coalition Forces found and safely cleared 13 improvised explosive devices and detained one suspected insurgent during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours," the ISAF's Regional Command-East said in a press release. The home-made bombs were neutralized in Khost, Ghazni, Paktika, Kunar and Wardak provinces, it said.


MoD: Lance Corporal Jamie Webb

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Correct the date i think it is 28 march

whisker said...
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whisker said...

sorry, but i'm over this shit

Dancewater said...

Those drone bombings are pure evil.

Dancewater said...

Live updates on North Korea

This is worrisome.

Anonymous said...

Why does Taliban hide in villages, surrounded by children and innocents? Is that not evil?