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


Saturday, January 7, 2012

War News for Saturday, January 07, 2011

Airman on the mend after losing limbs in Afghanistan

5 million illegal immigrants residing in Pakistan, NA told

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, January 7, Jan. 6th.


Reported security incidents
#1: Local authorities in southern Afghanistan on Saturday said, at least two private security guards working for a road construction were assassinated by unknown gunmen in southern Uruzgan province. The officials further added, another security guard was also injured during the incident which took place at Sarmorghab area in Tarinkowt district of southern Uruzgan province. According to officials, the private security guards were providing security for a GTZ project in this province. Provincial criminal chief Gen. Gulab Khan confirming the incident said, at least two security guards were killed and another one was injured during the incident.

#2: Militants fired three rocket-propelled grenades at a Pakistan army camp in the town of Miramshah in the North Waziristan tribal region, military officials said. There were no casualties.

#3: Militants set off explosives next to a gas pipeline in the Jaffarabad area of the southwestern Baluchistan province late on Friday, damaging a 20-foot section of the pipeline, security officials said on Saturday.

#4: A roadside mine killed four auxiliary policemen and wounded one in Shindand district of western Herat province on Friday, said Mohammad Nabi, a district governor in Shindand.


Geo/MoD: Corporal Shalva Pailodze

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January 9, 2012 at 8:49 PM

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