Landed Series Wandering

Robert Fisk’s take on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. “So say it out loud: we are not leaving.”

“The 9/11 killers were mass assassins who gave up their own lives to murder thousands. It’s now clear that, in response, the U.S. went into the global assassination business”

Rogue private military firms employed by the Pentagon outside of any form for normal control.

Juan Cole writes in a post that:

I conclude from this sounding that the planned US invasion of Qandahar city is likely to be a disaster that turns millions of Western Pashtuns against the US and NATO.

NATO kills four Afghan civilians returning from a volleyball game.

More civilian deaths at the hands of Americans.

More drone attacks

No one is resonsible for the death of civilians. The killing inherent in war becomes too riskless and too easy. Both moral and practical barriers disappear, increasing the lilkelihood that the use of these instruments of destruction will increase, increasing in turn the likelihood that the recipients of these death dellivering missles will further resist and plan for revenge. Winning heats and minds has never been farther away. Blowback becomes ever more operative.

Update on the questionable activities of the private military organization, Blackwater, on the the obama administration in the world page.