Killing Machine (52 page)
Authors: Lloyd C. Gardner
Tags: #History, #Americas, #United States, #Politics & Social Sciences, #Politics & Government, #Elections & Political Process, #Leadership, #Political Science, #History & Theory, #Public Affairs & Policy, #Specific Topics, #National & International Security, #Executive Branch, #21st Century, #Public Policy, #Federal Government
bin Laden death impact on,
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drone warfare increasing,
41–42
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geography of,
14
ideology of,
13–14
imminent threat of,
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242–43
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247–48
Iraq War creating new threat of,
13–14
ISI connection with Haqqani,
95–96
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161–62
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in Obama Nobel prize speech,
88–89
Pakistani national sovereignty and,
148–49
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161–62
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targeting and alternative of capturing,
241–42
technology facilitating,
89
threat.
See also
imminent threat
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nuclear threat
green-on-blue,
201–2
imminent versus potential,
x
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Iraq War creating new terrorist,
13–14
transition strategy, Afghan War,
66–68
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106–7
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transnational governance,
84–85
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transparency
Congressional call for,
240–41
Obama administration accountability and,
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troop surge
in Afghan War,
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57–64
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66–69
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Clinton, Hillary, on Afghan War,
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Karzai government corrected by,
60
9/11 anniversary for hearing on,
17–18
Obama and,
16–25
O’Reilly criticism of Obama concerning,
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in presidential election campaign of 2008,
18
public opinion of,
10
pundits on Afghan War,
70–71
tactics confused with strategy in,
17
violence reduction from,
20
withdrawal time frame in Afghan War,
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62–64
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66–68
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69–70
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withdrawal time frame in Iraq War,
17–19
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20–21
Truman, Harry S.,
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Tsarnaev, Dzohokar,
238
Turkmenistan,
219–20
Tutu, Desmond,
212–13
UAV.
See
unmanned aerial vehicle
underwear bomber,
167–68
United Nations,
243–44
United States (U.S.).
See also
American public
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citizen, U.S.
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Congress
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Constitution
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military, U.S.
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national security
;
specific topics
Afghan defense forces trained and funded by,
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Afghan employment competition between Taliban and,
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Afghan War and Pakistan relationship with,
156–57
Afghanistan and soft power or “cash surge” of,
114–15
Afghanistan insurgents receiving peace and governance offer from,
37
American public trust in government of,
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assassination of citizens of,
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203–4
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206–7
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assassination treatment by,
127–31
al-Awlaki, Anwar, rhetoric against,
164–65
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166–67
bin Laden approach from,
127–28
bin Laden death and Pakistan relations with,
156
,
246
bin Laden death impact on Afghanistan policy of,
158–59
CIA relationship with president of,
231
COIN akin to colonial policy,
24
cyberattacks by,
192–93
drone attack indictment from,
127
drone program love affair in leadership of,
143
drone strike inside and outside,
225–26
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227–28
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237–38
economy,
180
Guantánamo prisoner release into,
33–34
ideological struggle for al Qaeda and,
3–4
Iraq War and moral ideology of,
4–5
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83–84
just-war doctrine impact on foreign policy of,
213–14
lawfare undermining interests of,
138–39
Marja assault and locals trust of,
101–2
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103–4
Middle East and South Asia foreign policy of,
73–74
Muslim world public opinion and drone strikes of,
170–71
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nation building involvement of,
30
national sovereignty theory of,
242–43
Pakistan relationship with,
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149–57
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217–19
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peace contribution of in Obama Nobel speech,
85–86
postwar historical response of,
28–29
Saudi Arabia relationship with,
221–22
as soft police state,
xi
technology in war for,
213–14
U.S. citizens spied on by government of,
236
Vietnam War impact on,
84
Yemen relationship with,
162–63
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241–42
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),
vii
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127–31
.
See also
drone warfare
;
drones and drone program
U.S.
See
United States
Afghan War compared to,
53–54
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55–56
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57
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64
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67–68
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114–15
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Bush, George W., administration on historical narrative of,
11–12
drone warfare rules and protests over,
237–38
economic impact from,
180
Nixon troop withdrawal and Vietnamese forces in,
179–81
public opinion, Greene, and,
11–12
U.S. impact from,
84
violence,
20
Wallace, Chris,
46–47
war and warfare.
See also
Afghan War
;
Iraq War
;
Vietnam War
Afghan troop withdrawal time frame clashing with realities of,
112
,
123
CIA and civilians engaging in,
132–33
covert actions in,
228–29
democracy danger from perpetual,
248–49
federal budget for,
x–xi
international coalition and theory of just,
87–88
media on Obama pragmatism concerning,
209–11
Obama Nobel speech on peace necessitating,
87–88
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Obama on foreign policy and,
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12–13
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15–16
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80–81
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194–95
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207–8
OLC on presidential authority during,
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U.S. economic impact from,
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U.S. historical response post-,
28–29
war on terror
Afghanistan as central front for,
21
for Bush, George W., administration,
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for Obama administration,
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War Powers Resolution,
195–96
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs),
3
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11–12
West Point speech,
32–33
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69–72
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White House Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
Congress and drone warfare memos of,
214–15
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Constitution bent by,
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177–78
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drone warfare law from,
viii–ix
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172–73
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Freedom of Information Act and,
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Goldsmith on,
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