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 26, 2013

War News for Saturday, January 26, 2013


Attackers blow up main oil pipeline in Yemen-officials

Over 1,000 Afghan army soldiers killed in six months


Reported security incidents
#1: Officials in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni say two people were killed in a suicide attack. Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, the deputy provincial governor, told RFE/RL that the suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest on January 26 near a police post in the Qale Sabaz area, killing one police officer and one civilian. Ahmadi said three other people were injured in the attack. However, the head of the local hospital, Baz Mohammad Hemat, said 13 people had been brought to the hospital for injuries they suffered in the attack.

#2: At least four persons of peace militia got killed and five others were kidnapped on Saturday in a militants' attack in the Dilber area of Dera Bugti district of Balochistan. According to the media reports, unknown armed men attacked a camp of peace militia, pro-government armed force comprises of local people, in the Dilber area of Dera Bugti district of Baluchistan.

Posted by whisker at 4:59 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bring our soliders home the war needs too end its been going on for years

January 26, 2013 at 2:55 PM

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