Theoretically Pakistan is poised to respond to Indian military retaliation for a terrorist strike with tactical nukes. It’s debatable how much nuclear weapons add to national security. But what’s undeniable is that they add layer upon layer of complexity, sprinkled with convoluted and even counterintuitive thinking (such as how missile defense systems are seen as […]
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Admin using bad info for drone strikes like it did for detainees
Just like it did in Afghanistan and Iraq, the CIA and U.S. military act on bad intel when designating targets for drone attacks. As when the United States greased the skids for war with Iraq, it’s ratcheting up tensions with Iran by disseminating misinformation about nuclear weapons. The United States has also failed to learn […]
Attacks on first responders transform criminality of drone strikes to sadism
The term “double tapping” fails to do justice to a military tactic that’s arguably sociopathic. Remember the “dead bastards” — as in “look at those” — video, which was the first of the Bradley Manning stash released by WikiLeaks? It depicted an April 2010 Apache helicopter strike that killed a dozen Iraqi civilians, including two […]
Drones obliterate shades of gray between militants and civilians
Killing someone because they looked like they were “up to no good” doesn’t really pass legal muster. Under the Obama administration, the CIA drone program uses what they call signature strikes, as you’ve no doubt heard. Usually, the term “signature” has a positive connotation, as in a characteristic that distinguishes one from others. But, to […]
Once more into the breach for the "savior of Pakistan"
Oblivious to his status as the greatest nuclear thief in history, A.Q. Khan has started his own political party in Pakistan. There’s only person who’s less worthy of being referred to by cool initials than A.Q. Khan. That’s Khalid Sheik Mohammed: KSM sounds way too familiar, creepy, even in its coziness. Before interviewing him for […]
Will Pakistan counter India's "water bomb" with a nuclear bomb?
Pakistan is apprehensive that dams India is building will threaten the flow of the Indus through Pakistan.
Did the U.S. capitalize on the murder of Pakistani journalist Shahzad?
The C.I.A. may have obtained information on a key terrorist’s whereabouts from the I.S.I.’s interrogation of Syed Saleem Shahzad.
The Death of Shahzad: leave it to the ISI to make al Qaeda look tame in comparison
Though he reported al Qaeda and the Taliban’s innermost machinations, Syed Saleem Shahzad was most likely killed by his own country.
Obama and the bunkum of 'negotiating from strength'
by Gareth Porter In his press conference with President Karzai last week, President Obama suggested publicly for the first time that he will not negotiate with the Taliban until the U.S. military has demonstrated “effectiveness in breaking their momentum.” Obama seemed to be embracing the shibboleth that you don’t negotiate with an adversary until you […]
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