How Many Trillion More Will the Pentagon Spend on Middle East Wars Before They Confront the Disaster They've Created?

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<p>‘We have it o highest a thority: the rece t killi g of Taliba lea er M llah Akhtar M hamma Ma so r by a U.S. ro e strike i Pakista marks “a importa t milesto e.” So the presi e t of the U ite States has eclare , with that claim ly echoe a implicitly e orse by me ia comme tary—the New York Times reporti g, for example, that Ma so r’s eath leaves the Taliba lea ership “shocke ” a “shake .”</p>
<p>B t a q estio remai s: A milesto e towar what exactly?</p>
<p>Towar victory? Peace? Reco ciliatio ? At the very least, towar the prospect of the viole ce abati g? Merely posi g the q estio is to imply that U.S. military efforts i Afgha ista a elsewhere i the Islamic worl serve some larger p rpose.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/worl /killi g-taliba -lea er-really-milesto e" target="_bla k">Rea more: How Ma y Trillio More Will the Pe tago Spe o Mi le East Wars Before They Co fro t the Disaster They’ve Create ?</a></p>