A report by the London School of Economics claimed that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was supporting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. “The Afghan intelligence chief, Amrullah Saleh, who resigned last week [June 6, 2010] after an insurgent attack on a peace convention in the capital, Kabul, described Pakistan as his country’s ‘enemy No. 1.’ […]
6/2/2010
In a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 2, 2010, former President George W. “Bush defended the decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003. He said ousting Saddam Hussein ‘was the right thing to do and the world is a better place without him.’ ” – “Bush Defends Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind,” Associated […]
6/2/2010
“Former President George W. Bush says if he had it to do over, he would still waterboard the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks [Khalid Sheik Mohammed]. …Bush acknowledged Wednesday [June 2, 2010] that the U.S. used the harsh interrogation technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed and said he would ‘do it again to save […]
6/1/2010
“The Justice Department’s inspector general [Glenn A. Fine] has concluded that the department is not fully prepared to respond to a terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction. In a report issued on Tuesday [June 1, 2010], the inspector general said that none of the law enforcement agencies within the department, other than the […]
5/31/2010
“An updated Taliban code of conduct urges fighters to avoid killing civilians and forbids them from seizing weapons and money, a directive aimed at winning hearts and minds of Afghans also being courted by international forces. But the document declares that people working for international forces or the Afghan government are ‘supporters of the infidels’ […]
5/27/2010
The 2010 National Security Strategy, released on May 27, 2010, “says that if North Korea and Iran abandon their nuclear programs, ‘they will be able to proceed on a path to greater political and economic integration with the international community’ but if not, ‘we will pursue multiple means to increase their isolation.’ ” – David […]
5/27/2010
In the 2010 National Security Strategy, released on May 27, 2010, President Barack Obama wrote: ” ‘the United States must reserve the right to act unilaterally if necessary to defend our nation and our interests, yet we will also seek to adhere to standards that govern the use of force.’ ” – David E. Sanger […]
5/27/2010
In the 2010 National Security Strategy, released on May 27, 2010, President Barack Obama wrote: ” ‘While the use of force is sometimes necessary, we will exhaust other options before war whenever we can, and carefully weigh the costs and risks of action against the costs and risks of inaction,’ he says. When it is […]
5/27/2010
According to a New York Times article on May 27, 2010: “Although the [Obama] administration has put a renewed focus on the war in Afghanistan and escalated C.I.A. drone strikes against militants in Pakistan, the [National Security] strategy [released on May 27, 2010] rejects [former President] Mr. Bush’s focus on counterterrorism as the organizing principle […]
5/27/2010
In the 2010 National Security Strategy, released on May 27, 2010, President Barack Obama wrote: ” ‘the gravest danger to the American people and global security continues to come from weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons.’ But he also dwelled on cyber threats, climate change and America’s dependence on fossil fuels as fundamental national […]