Today’s story on what’s next in Libya with thoughts from Robert Pape, Michael Knights and Richard Andres.
Don’t miss this related post by Laura Rozen.
Today’s story on what’s next in Libya with thoughts from Robert Pape, Michael Knights and Richard Andres.
Don’t miss this related post by Laura Rozen.
Posted in Air Power, Bombing, U.S. policy
Tagged Benghazi, Gaddafi, humanitarian intervention, Libya, Michael Knights, regime change, Richard Andres, Robert Pape
Posted in Air Power, Bombing, drones, U.S. policy
Tagged drones, Small Wars Journal, USAF
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8188859.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/world/asia/08pstan.html?hp
Posted in Air Power, Pakistan, U.S. policy
Tagged Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan, Taliban
There’s a new episode of my history podcast up at The World’s website. Check it out: Moscow in 1993, revisiting the Taliban, finding out who Curtis LeMay was.
Lots on my mind–more apparent drone attacks still have me thinking about how bombing works/doesn’t work. I took out a whole pile of library books on the history of bombing which I look forward to perusing. Yesterday’s Jeffrey Gettleman NYT/IHT piece on male rape victims in Congo jolted me back to that topic too. Adam Hochschild has an overview of the Congo situation in the latest issue of The New York Review of Books which I found really helpful. It’s not getting better. I’ve got lots of news to catch up on from two weeks-plus vacation including this CNN report from last week on nursing in Malawi by Christine Gorman.
Posted in Air Power, Bombing, DRC, drones, Gender-Based Violence, global health, History, How We Got Here
Tagged Adam Hochschild, Bombing, Christine Gorman, Congo, DRC, drones, How We Got Here, Jeffrey Gettleman, Malawi, Nursing
It may have killed 60 people attending the funeral of a Taliban fighter in South Waziristan:
Details of the attack, which occurred in Makeen, remained unclear, but the reported death toll was exceptionally high. If the reports are indeed accurate and if the attack was carried out by a drone, the strike could be the deadliest since the United States began using the aircraft to fire remotely guided missiles at members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The United States carried out 22 previous drone strikes this year, as the Obama administration has intensified a policy inherited from the Bush administration.
Here’s the link to the full piece.
Posted in Air Power, Bombing, drones, Pakistan, U.S. policy