Still more questions about the proposed US military intervention in Syria
The Obama administration has so far failed to articulate a coherent strategy towards Syria. Will punitive airstrikes serve US interests?
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Questioning continues over administration’s case for Syrian intervention
Questions posed on the rush to a military intervention in Syria resonate in recent analysis of the US justifications.
A few more questions before we start bombing Syria
Reports that the US is preparing for an imminent military intervention in Syria raise questions about the premise for the intervention and its ultimate goals.
US State Department evades issue of Pakistan’s links to Haqqani Network
Business as usual: the US won’t even consider labeling Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism despite acknowledging that the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate aids the Haqqani Network.
About that NATO supply line deal …
While the Obama administration has hailed the reopening of NATO’s supply lines into Afghanistan as a major success, the prevailing dynamic of the deal is Pakistan’s continuing duality in supporting the US’s enemies while taking its money to fight them.
Did the US launch a drone strike on AQIM in northern Mali?
A report indicates that a “mystery airstrike” targeted an AQIM convoy in northern Mali. US officials would neither confirm nor deny a strike took place.
Pakistani reactions to Mohmand strike correspond with Taliban peace demands
In peace talks with the Pakistani government, the Taliban have demanded that the government close down the NATO supply lines, end the Predator strikes, and sever ties with the US.
Predator strikes are ‘more like police work’?
Police don’t intentionally kill criminals. ‘Targeted assassinations’ is a far better description for the Predator strikes.
Obama announces rapid drawdown of surge forces from Afghanistan
Ten thousand troops will be withdrawn by the end of the year, and an additional 23,000 troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of the summer of 2012.