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, March 14, 2014

War News for Friday, March 14, 2014


Reported security incidents
#1: A suicide bomb attack targeting police in northwest Pakistan has killed at least seven people in the latest violence to hit peace talks between the government and Taliban militants. The blast came on Friday in the suburbs of the northwestern city of Peshawar, close to the lawless tribal areas that are a haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda linked militants. The target of the blast was a police armoured personnel carrier, officers said. t least 28 people were also wounded.'

#2: A roadside bomb in the southern Helmand province has killed six civilians, including two women and two children, said a senior Afghan government official. Mohammed Sharif, district chief of Musa Qala district in Helmand, said on Friday that the bomb ripped through a vehicle the previous night, killing everyone inside.

#3: A doctor at a hospital in southwestern Pakistan says 10 people were killed when a bomb went off near a passenger bus in the city of Quetta. He says the hospital is also treating 37 people who were wounded in Friday's bombing. He says four of the wounded are in critical condition. Senior police officer Omar Cheema says the bomb was planted in a rickshaw and exploded when the bus drove by.

#4: At least 26 Taliban militants were killed and 17 others were injured following military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces in various provinces of Afghanistan. The operations were conducted during the past 24 hours in Kunar, Nangarhar, Samangan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Zabul, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Ghazni, Paktika and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan.

#5: A member of the Afghan national police (ANP) shot dead two members of the Afghan local police (ALP) in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Thursday. The incident took place in Marjah district of Helmand province around 11 am local time, local government officials said.

Posted by whisker at 4:22 AM

1 comments:

Ligue 1 Live said...

Day by day the Afghanistan violence is increasing at an alarming rate. But it should be stopped. We don't except such a situation of a country.

August 1, 2014 at 6:37 PM

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