Blackwater founder Erik Prince
There’s a lot going on right now in Pakistan. The US has a military presence in Pakistan. Some of those soldiers are private contractors. One of those contractors was Blackwater. And now after the Vanity Fair interview with Blackwater founder Erik Prince in which he revealed that Blackwater had been working with the CIA to assassinate Pakistanis.
Now read this opinion piece in the Pakistan’s The Daily revealing the increased suspicion of the US expansion of the war in Afghanistan into Pakistan.
Note: It’s the “Second Editorial” halfway down the page.
David Brooks
David Brooks wrote today: We have tried to fight the Afghan war the easy way, and it hasn’t worked. Switching now to the McChrystal strategy is a difficult choice, and President Obama is right to take his time. But Obama was also right a few months ago when he declared, “This will not be quick, nor easy. But we must never forget: This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity. … This is fundamental to the defense of our people.”
