Do you truly not see any qualitative difference between this and most of what wikileaks posted?
nyt: the USA is looking at expanding military operations into yet another country, a nuclear country, with a massive Muslim population, and an unfriendly government. wikileaks: a diplomat called that guy fat. The differences to me could not be clearer. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:332809 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
