http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/21/nyt
Should they be treated the same as #wikileaks? "Senior American military commanders in Afghanistan are pushing for *an expanded campaign of Special Operations ground raids across the border into Pakistans tribal areas*, a risky strategy reflecting the growing frustration with Pakistans efforts to root out militants there. The proposal, *described by American officials in Washington and Afghanistan *, would escalate military activities inside Pakistan, where the movement of American forces has been largely prohibited because of fears of provoking a backlash. The plan has not yet been approved, but military and political leaders say a renewed sense of urgency has taken hold, as the deadline approaches for the Obama administration to begin withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan. Americas clandestine war in Pakistan has for the most part been carried out by armed drones operated by the C.I.A. . . . But interviews in recent weeks revealed that on at least one occasion, the Afghans went on the offensive and destroyed a militant weapons cache. The decision to expand American military activity in Pakistan, which would almost certainly have to be approved by President Obama himself, would amount to the *opening of a new front in the nine-year-old war*, which has grown increasingly unpopular among Americans. . . . [O]ne senior American officer said, Weve never been as close as we are now to getting the go-ahead to go across. The officials who described the proposal and the intelligence operations *declined to be identified by name discussing classified informatio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
