That’s what the outgoing Bush administration is doing by allowing the U.S. military to conduct offensive actions in another sovereign country…namely Pakistan. What would the U.S. leadership say if Russia were to launch air strikes on Georgia under the pretext of destroying terrorist cells and protecting national security interests….oh, wait, we know that answers already.
WASHINGTON, 17 Sep (IPS) - The George W. Bush administration’s decision to launch commando raids and step up missiles strikes against Taliban and al Qaeda figures in the tribal areas of Pakistan followed what appears to have been the most contentious policy process over the use of force in Bush’s eight-year presidency.
That decision has stirred such strong opposition from the Pakistani military and government that it is now being revisited. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Pakistan Tuesday for the second time in three weeks, and U.S. officials and sources just told Reuters that any future raids would be approved on a mission-by-mission basis by a top U.S. administration official.
JJG Journal » Is the U.S. "War" on Terror successful? responded on 29 Sep 2008 at 7:42 am #
[...] Apparently not so much. The U.S.-led “war on terrorism” is not weakening al Qaeda, a majority of respondents in a massive global BBC poll believe. See also this recent post. [...]