The Golden Age of Special Operations: Obama's Secret Warriors
Excerpt from: The Golden Age of Special Operations: Obama's Secret Warriors
By ANDREW BACEVICH - Counterpunch As he campaigns for reelection, President Obama periodically reminds audiences of his success in terminating the deeply unpopular Iraq War...[H]e vows to do the same with the equally unpopular war in Afghanistan...Yet when it comes to military policy, the Obama administration’s success in shutting down wars conducted in plain sight tells only half the story, and the lesser half at that. More significant has been this president’s enthusiasm for instigating or expanding secret wars, those conducted out of sight and by commandos. read more...Published By: Resist!ca - Wednesday, 30 May, 2012
