Charting U.S. Airstrikes in Pakistan

[LK Day]

http://www.longwarjournal.org/pakistan-strikes.php

Note particularly, the number of strikes since 2008. "Ain't nothing as peaceful as a dead Taliban" - BHO.
"For a Noble Peace Prize winner, I kind of like the cut of this man Obama's jib" - LKD.

[sendit]

any conclusions rest completely on the primary sources for the data, which the authors acknowledge is far from being perfect/accurate.

Also, it's either really misleading (or just sloppy) to title a graph "2004-2011" (for the data set) when the authors acknowledge underneath that "Data for 2004 and 2005 are not available at this time."

[michaelarmand]

Give Obama credit - he has been aggressive on this war. It is the only thing I can think of he has done right...

[tomdarch]

This agreement specifically addressed strikes against top al Qaeda leaders inside Pakistan, but it seems reasonable that something like it covers US strikes against Afghani Taliban inside Pakistan:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ma ... istan-deal

Here's some in depth analysis of that agreement:
http://www.juancole.com/2011/05/secret- ... laden.html

While Pakistan's military and intelligence service clearly have problems in terms of who knew about bin Laden and who was clueless, it turns out that a fair number of US military trainers were teaching at the Abbottobad military school while bin Laden was a short walk away and didn't seem to notice anything either:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/ma ... en-hideout

and for a little humor...

[Crankmas]

pretty red tie, first time I've seen one on a turd

[Shamis]

Better to see airstrikes in pakistan than invading other random countries that have nothing to do with AQ.

[krampus]

Better to see airstrikes in pakistan than invading other random countries that have nothing to do with AQ.

+1

and +1 obama for bringing the war back to where it started

[caribe]

I'd vote for him just to see Frank and everyone else who does not think the coloreds should hold high office sweat tea.

[Crankmas]

when you only have one card it gets played

[caribe]

Apparently it is the only card in the deck, one joker with blue lips. http://www.redriverclimbing.com/viewtop ... ps#p218216