Comments on: Somalia, Counterterrorism & Afghanistan http://washingtonindependent.com/59808/somalia-counterterrorism-afghanistan National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: strangely_enough http://washingtonindependent.com/59808/somalia-counterterrorism-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-77546 strangely_enough Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:27:35 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=59808#comment-77546 <i>“increasingly successful attacks of drones that are killing militants, not civilians.”</i><br><br>That's nice and all, but what about the ones that are killing civilians? Significant numbers of them. Or, is this one of those "who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes," moments? “increasingly successful attacks of drones that are killing militants, not civilians.”

That's nice and all, but what about the ones that are killing civilians? Significant numbers of them. Or, is this one of those “who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes,” moments?

]]> By: elpinkogrande http://washingtonindependent.com/59808/somalia-counterterrorism-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-77486 elpinkogrande Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:33:19 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=59808#comment-77486 Say the offshoring strategy works- we spend the next few years hovering around the Indian Ocean picking off AQ's leadership one by one until all the big names we're after are dead. Will our strategic goals have been met? Unless we want to keep our Predators flying indefinitely, how do we prevent AfPak from being used for AQ training in the future? As much as COINtras like to complain that there's no endgame to our current strategy in Afghanistan, I don't see them presenting one, either. But maybe I'm reading the wrong blogs. Say the offshoring strategy works- we spend the next few years hovering around the Indian Ocean picking off AQ's leadership one by one until all the big names we're after are dead. Will our strategic goals have been met? Unless we want to keep our Predators flying indefinitely, how do we prevent AfPak from being used for AQ training in the future? As much as COINtras like to complain that there's no endgame to our current strategy in Afghanistan, I don't see them presenting one, either. But maybe I'm reading the wrong blogs.

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