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


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

War News for Wednesday, November 06, 2013

The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from a vehicle borne suicide attack in the Kamparak area in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Tuesday, November 5th.


Reported security incidents
#1: Seven dead bodies have been found on the outskirts of Qalat, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Zabul Province. The security chief of Zabul Province, Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewany, said the seven men are believed to be civilians killed by the Taliban on suspicion of cooperating with the government. Other reports, however, say the seven may be National Afghan Army soldiers who disappeared while traveling from southern Kandahar Province to their homes in neighboring Zabul a week ago.

#2: Unidentified assailants have killed Musa Nuri, a prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, and his driver, Trend reports.


Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/06/5885262/afghan-police-find-bodies-of-7.html#storylink=cpy
#3: An explosion destroyed the vehicle of Kunduz governor’s guards had no human casualties.
 #4: Seven militants were killed in Afghan police cleanup operations since early Tuesday, the country's Interior Ministry said Wednesday. "Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, Afghan intelligence agency and Coalition Forces in Kandahar, Wardak and Paktika provinces. As a result, seven armed Taliban were killed and 21 others were arrested," the ministry said in statement providing daily operational updates.

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