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, October 2, 2014

War News for Thursday, October 2, 2014


Reported security incidents
#1: A Taliban suicide attacker killed three people on an Afghan army bus in Kabul on Thursday. "I can confirm a suicide attack on a bus carrying Afghan army staff," Dawlat Waziri, deputy spokesman for the ministry of defence, told AFP. "We have three killed and eight wounded.

#2: An ASI was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the early hours of today near Wazir Bagh area of Peshawar. According to Police sources, armed men opened fire at assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Asif Mehmood's vehicle near Wazir Bagh area in the limits of Yakatoot police station as he was traveling with his son to drop him to school. Police said that the assailants sped away on their motorcycle after the attack.

#3: A bomb blast on a passenger coach in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least seven people and wounded another six, police said.

#4: Nineteen armed insurgents were killed in operation conducted by ANA forces in three provinces of the country.

#5: A local police commander martyred in explosion of a mine in Logar province the other day.
Commander Ghofran was going from his house to Pul-e-Alam center of Logar province, his vehicle hit a mine. According to reports, a magnetic mine was placed in vehicle of the commander and controlled from long distance.

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