With reports emerging that the Pentagon is looking to divert bigger portions of its budget to combat operations, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Obama Administration’s global war on terror is more global than anyone thought.
In fact it turns out that the US military is operating covertly in at least 75 countries, carrying out “missions against al-Qaeda” around the planet. The number of operations is said to have increased enormously since President Obama took office.
Officials also acknowledged that President Obama was allowing a lot of things “that the previous administration did not” and that it was “willing to get aggressive much more quickly.”
That last revelation is perhaps hardly surprising when one considers the repeated and massive escalations in drone attacks, something which the administration hasn’t been as successful in keeping secret, and the very public escalations of the Afghan War, which has gone from some 30,000 US troops to nearly 100,000 in less than 18 months. Whether in public or in private, the administration seems to be taking hawkishness to new levels.
And people agonize over the national debt….
Bring all the troops home and discharge them.
the key is to realize the deficit talk is just a cover.
They are really taking our tax money and giving it to Wall Street and the military. Its only when we request a program that might help us, like a job stimulus program to counter the worst economic downturn since the great depression, that we are told that the deficit is a great problem and that sorry but no we can't have any of our own money.
For the last 16 months I've been saying that Obama is Bush III. I think it would be more accurate to call him Cheney II.
Only 16 months …. sorry, but I started in late 2007. 🙂
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Propaganda is fascinating if you try to actually follow it.
Just a few years ago we were told that the evil Cheney ruled the world from the VP's office. Today we are told that Obama can't do anything because the Presidency is the weak office that can't fight powerful forces.
I kinda like the Cheney II name. It just made me muse on the differences in what we are told about the power of government offices depending on which way they want to spin us.
We ought to be glad that Bush was president instead of Cheney. There are reports that Cheney wanted to go to war against Iran during the last couple years of the Bush administration, but Bush sided with Rice and said no. Obama may eventually fulfill Cheney's wish.
I had very low expectations for Obama, but I actually thought he'd be slightly better than Bush. (I still didn't vote for him or McCain.) I was wrong.
One also has to wonder who is included as "al-Qaeda."
see my post below.
Their only legal justification for this is the Afghan use of force resolution. That was ridiculously broad and unfortunately open-ended and gave the President the authority to chase the terrorists who bombed us on 9-11 anywhere in the world.
From this, we now have special forces commandos operating in 75 countries.
Of course, its ridiculous to think that we are chasing the WTC bombers through 75 countries. But, that's the slim legal justification by which this World War III is being waged.
One also has to wonder who is included as "al-Qaeda."
when obama came to office, I had a feeling covert-ops would be his foreign policy tool of choice – 100% deniability, 0% accountability, nothing to explain. How perfect for Mr. Cautious War Hawk.
Until 1+ of those Special Forces is killed, captured, and put on display somewhere in Ingushetia, Dagestan, Chechniya, North Korea, Chinese Uighuristan, or maybe even in greater Moscow ….
If I remember correctly, Obama openly said this during his campaign. Its been the Dem line for awhile.
That’s what was weird in the last campaign. Obama was saying he’d stay in Iraw his first term, raise military spending, increase the size of the Army and Marines (and especially the special forces) …. and the anti-war movement voted for him like he was some sort of progressive rock-star. It was amazing to watch.
Notice also how everything has to be “Al-Qaida”. That’s not a weird propaganda quirk. They have to say that to be legal. Their only legal justification for this is the Authorization of Force against Afghanistan. It was ridiculously broad and even worse open-ended. It gave the President the authority to go after the terrorists who attacked on 9-11 anywhere in the world. So, now the Pentagon has discovered “Al-Qaida” in 75 countries.
James Madison tried to tell us that war is a threat to liberty. Especially a vague and undefined war. The rulers will always seize more power under the cover of war. And rarely want to give it back.
So, now we are chasing the WTC bombers through 75 countries.
You are correct in your assessment of the liberal anti-war movement, which were nothing but disaffected democrats. The level of political awareness was anything but Bush and they were and are not against imperialism.
Obama is a thug and basically Bush with a Sun tan. The whole change you can believe in was nothing more than a huge pr stunt by the elite!
I consider myself a liberal and a member of the antiwar movement. I am not a Democrat. I did not vote for Obama or McCain.
Sure, there were desperate people who saw in Obama what they wanted to see, but you should not ignore the liberals or other antiwar activists who have criticized Obama with the same consistency as they criticized Bush: Glenn Greenwald, Cindy Sheehan and Jeffery Scahill are a few that come immediately to mind.
How many fronts and theaters did SF operate in during the Cold War?
WW III is now overdue. Too many people = too many idiots too. When one fish is enough to spoil the whole pond; then how many idiots do you need to spoil the whole world? This war will be fought on the coffin of the "Religion". Wait and see.
God bless.
Dr. O. P. Sudrania
The United States started World War III by invading Afghanistan and Iraq. Now our global reputation is ruined and it will be years before this Holy War will be over. Take a look at this: http://freethegods.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorial-…
I guess Obummer's playing 75-dimensional chess now. 🙁