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


Thursday, July 3, 2014

War News for Thursday, July 03, 2014


A Rogue State Along Two Rivers

Gunmen assassinates Yemeni security officer


Reported security incidents
#1: Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul international airport Thursday, setting a hanger ablaze but no casualties were reported, officials said. The rockets landed on the military side of the airport  in a hanger containing spare parts as military flights were halted.
#2: The bodies of two men were found in a drainage in Lahore's Liaquatabad area on Thursday. Police said the victims had been tortured before being killed.

#3: At least two children were killed and eight injured in a bomb blast Afghanistan Thursday, the interior ministry said. A mine planted by the enemies of peace (militants) on a ground in Gulran district of Herat province went off at 08.30 a.m. when a group of children were playing

#4: At least 44 Taliban militants were killed during military operations in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Local security officials said the militants were killed during the operations in the past one week.


AU/DoD: Lance Corporal Todd John Chidgey

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