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


Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Morning thread

Here are some videos from Dancewater for your viewing pleasure:

TIMZ -- Song Called Iraq



Dr. Wasfi at Congressional Forum of Iraq - 2006



Peace Activists Invade Blackwater



And, major developments of the day:

For a change, U.S. admits that some civilians were killed in an air strike, but as usual, Iraqi witnesses tell a completely different story. U.S. says six civilians and five insurgents were killed, but "Police and witnesses said 14 people were killed, including four women and eight children. Dhurgham Hamid, a man from the area that was hit, said the dead included a man who was a supervisor at the provincial education directorate, and his wife, an accountant at the agency. ''They were peaceful people who had nothing to do with the resistance or gunmen,'' Hamid said."

Turkey tells Iraq it wants a diplomatic solution to the problem of the PKK but rejects PKK's proffer of a ceasefire.

Iraqi government says it will help combat the PKK but doesn't say how.

Commander Guy asks Congress for an additional $46 billion for military operations in occupied countries this year. Democrats whine, but they'll give it to him.

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