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


Friday, June 14, 2013

War News for Friday, June 14, 2013


Reported security incidents
#1: Two children were killed in a mortar attack in eastern Afghan province of Wardak overnight, police said on Friday. "Two mortars fired by anti-government militants stroke a residence in Jaghato district Thursday night. Two children were killed, one woman and one man were seriously wounded," the provincial police said in a press statement. The apparent target of the attack was the nearby district administrative headquarters, it noted.

#2: Head of the provincial media department in Badghis province, Mirwais Mirzakwal said at least three Afghan national army soldiers were killed after a convoy of the Afghan soldiers vehicles struck with a roadside bomb in Bala Morghab district.

#3: In a separate incident at least two Afghan civilians were killed in Robat Sangi district of western Herat province. The two civilians were killed after their motorcycle struck with a roadside bomb in Arbab Shamsuddin area on Thursday night.

#4: In Gulran district of Herat province, an Afghan police officer was killed and another officer was injured following a roadside bomb explosion after their vehicle struck with an improvised explosive device planted by militants.

Posted by whisker at 4:17 AM

1 comments:

Dancewater said...

and now war criminal Obama is going to send weapons to the 'rebels' in Syria.... who happen to be aligned with al Qaeda.

the evil never stops in the USA.

June 14, 2013 at 11:17 AM

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