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, November 5, 2013

War News for Tuesday, November 05, 2013


Pakistan urged to maintain supplies

Pakistan army shows its anti-drone technology   


Reported security incidents
#1: At least four people were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into an Afghan security checkpost near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border-crossing at Chaman, Afghan police said. The explosion occurred near Wesh Mandi area on the Afghan side of the border, injuring over a dozen other people, Afghan police officials said.

#2: Three attackers who torched two NATO oil tankers earlier Monday have been killed in a shootout with paramilitary troops near Jandan area of Sibbi, a city of Baluchistan province.

#3: Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANA-SF) led an Afghan National Security Force patrol in Achin district, eastern Nangarhar province, killing six insurgents in a gunfight, the alliance said Tuesday.

#4: Fourteen militants were killed and 53 others arrested as Afghan police launched cleanup operations in different provinces within the day, the country's Interior Ministry said Tuesday.


DoD: Sgt. 1st Class Forrest W. Robertson

Posted by whisker at 4:33 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Praying for all the man, woman & children involved in this horrible war!

November 5, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Anonymous said...

RIP Sgt. 1st Class Forrest W. Robertson

November 7, 2013 at 10:40 AM

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