A grim milestone was reached last month. US casualties in Afghanistan during the Obama administration have now surpassed those of the Bush era. During the eight years of the Bush administration, total US fatalities in Afghanistan numbered 578. As of September 22 fatalities during the Obama administration were reported at 646. Afghanistan is now truly [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Obama’s War
Posted in Afghanistan/Pakistan, Counterterrorism on September 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
How (not) to counter terrorism
Posted in Counterterrorism, Iraq and Iran on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In my inbox this week are three important reminders of the costs and consequences of our country’s overly militarized responses to 9/11. In his Informed Comment blog Juan Cole offers the “speech President Obama should give about the Iraq War (but won’t).” With customary eloquence and unusual passion Cole tells the truth our political leaders [...]
Thank you, Mr. President. Now end the war in Afghanistan.
Posted in Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iraq and Iran on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama is fulfilling his campaign pledge to end the war in Iraq, and for that we are deeply grateful. He is holding to the letter of the Iraq security agreement, with combat troops gone now, and all remaining troops scheduled to be out by the end of next year. This is a remarkable achievement, [...]
