"U.S. 'secret war' expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role

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konane — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:30:38 GMT

Thanks Em! Oops so insignificant in my mind I forgot about it.

Comment #5

emilyg — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:57:21 GMT

He won the Nobel Peace Prize. LOL

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konane — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:14:48 GMT

Thanks JAP! Doesn't sound good to me.

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JAP69 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:52:28 GMT

POTUS having on the job training.

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konane — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:28:17 GMT

<br />However wasn't Obama the peace president who was going to end it all instead of expanding the 'secret war' theater everywhere?<br

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JAP69 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:19:16 GMT

I do not think the terrorist will be defeated in conventional warfare.<br /><br />Terrorist are like fighting the war on drugs in this country. Take out some drug dealers and someone else steps up to the plate. It is a no win deal. <br

Original Blog Entry: "U.S. 'secret war' expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role

konane — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:10:06 GMT

We no longer have a 'war on terror', but a 'Secret War' which gives it a pass.

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U.S. 'secret war' expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role

By Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe

Source Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, June 4, 2010

.......The clearest public description of the secret-war aspects of the doctrine came from White House counterterrorism director John O. Brennan. He said last week that the United States will not merely respond after the fact of a terrorist attack but will take the fight to al-Qaeda and its extremist affiliates whether they plot and train in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond. That rhetoric is not much different than Bush's pledge to take the battle to the enemy . . . and confront the worst threats before they emerge. The elite Special Operations units, drawn from all four branches of the armed forces, became a frontline counterterrorism weapon for the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. .......

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060304965.html

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