Tuesday, August 02, 2022
Sending A Message
The drone killing of an Al-Qaida leader in Kabul sent a message to terrorists. The US will hunt you down even if it takes years. This time the agency was the CIA. It uncovered massive detail before launching the operation and went to extraordinary lengths to protect civilians surrounding the house where two missiles struck a balcony. The long reach of the US is a testament of its power and a country not to be trifled with. This kind of force must be used carefully lest the country gain the reputation of an indiscriminate slaughterer of civilians -- a charge Russia is facing in Ukraine. The US has and will again make fatal mistakes because of the fog of war, but it is trying to be accurate, which is more than other countries can say.
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