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, March 16, 2013

War News for Saturday, March 16, 2013




Wounded North Dakota soldier recovering

CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes

Drone strikes violate Pak sovereignty: UN

Spanish troops begin Afghanistan exit


Reported security incidents
#1: Two local policemen were killed after a group of armed insurgents ambushed their vehicle on the outskirts of Ghazni City, the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday.
The gun attack in the Khodaidad area took place late on Friday, when the NATO-backed Afghan Local Police (ALP) members were passing the area, said Fazl Mohammad Sabawon, the governor’s spokesman.


Posted by whisker at 4:46 AM

4 comments:

Dancewater said...

16,000 still missing in Iraq

March 16, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Dancewater said...

Last I heard, there were 40,000 unidentified men buried in graves in Najaf, all bodies found during the US occupation.

March 16, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Dancewater said...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iraq-war-leaves-thousands-missing-144946413.html#0gfSMbG

March 16, 2013 at 4:12 PM
Dancewater said...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/sign-burial-unknown-person-central-city-karbala-iraq-photo-144946006.html

The above is a picture of an unidentified grave in Karbala.

thewiz must be so proud of how many innocent people he helped kill.

March 16, 2013 at 4:13 PM

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