“There should be a review of the strategy in the fight against terrorism, because the experience of the last eight years showed that the fight in the villages of Afghanistan has been ineffective apart from causing civilian casualties.” -Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, to the visiting speaker of Germany’s parliament, Aug. 30, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan [...]
Posts Tagged ‘terror war’
Police, not military, take down Jersey jerks
Two New Jersey men headed to court on terrorism-related charges provide the latest in a long and lengthening list of terrorists and wannabes nabbed by law enforcement — before they could do their worst. That fact wouldn’t be so notable, except that conservative Republicans keep insisting that anti-terrorism efforts aren’t for real, can’t be effective [...]
Plan for Afghanistan hopeful, costly and iffy
President Obama today ended three months of fact finding, consultations and consideration, formally announcing his decision to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total there to about 100,000. Obama presented his plan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., addressing an audience made up largely of cadets, some of whom [...]
Trying 9-11 suspects in New York makes sense
Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other alleged conspirators behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. will be tried in federal court in New York City. Holder said prosecutors will seek the death penalty for all the defendants. Good decisions, both, and it’s high [...]
