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


Tuesday, December 27, 2011

War News for Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Iran to export 1 mil mt/year oil products to Afghanistan: report

Pakistan rejects US CENTCOM report on Nato attack

China gets approval for Afghanistan oil exploration bid

Elders warn Nato supplies

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, December 27, Dec 26

Afghanistan to Disband Irregular Police Force Set Up Under NATO

Pakistan Prime Minister Says No Plans to Dismiss Military Chiefs

2 policemen injured in PKK attack in southeast Turkey


Reported security incidents

#1: Afghan forces, backed by NATO-led Coalition troops, have killed six insurgents in a series of military operations around the country over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Tuesday morning. "During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army and Coalition Forces launched seven joint and independent operations in the Kabul, Nangarhar, Logar, Khost, Paktia and Farah provinces," the ministry said in a press release. "As a result of these operations, six armed insurgents were killed and one other was arrested by the ANP," it said.

#2: A NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrike in Ghanikhil district of eastern Nangarhar province killed four insurgents while they were planting a roadside mine on Sunday, Massom Khan Hashimi a senior police detective for Nangarhar province said.

#3: Four militants were killed in an air raid in the eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province Sunday night, a local official said Monday. "Four militants were planting an Improvised Explosive Device ( IED) along a road in Ghani Khil district of Nangarhar province overnight but based on accurate intelligence reports, an aircraft of NATO-led Coalition forces carried out an airstrike killing all militants on the spot," district administration chief Hajji Zualmi told Xinhua.

#4: According to local authorities in eastern Afghanistan, a drone belonging to NATO-led International Security Assistance Force on Tuesday made an emergency landing in eastern Paktia province. Paktia provincial governor spokesman Rohullah Samoon confirming the incident said, the emergency landing of the NATO drone took place in Ahmadabad district of eastern Paktia province early Tuesday morning. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force officials also confirmed the incident. Taliban militants group fighting the Afghan government and International coalition forces immediately claimed responsibility behind the incident and said that their fighters are behind the NATO drone crash.

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