June 4, 2010

CAN'T SPELL UNILATERAL WITHOUT HIM:

Obama secretly deploys US special forces to 75 countries across world (Tim Reid and Michael Evans, 6/05/10, Times of London)

President Obama has secretly implemented a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world, with American troops now operating in 75 countries.

The dramatic expansion in the use of special forces, which in their global span go far beyond the covert missions authorised by George W. Bush, reflects how aggressively the President is pursuing al-Qaeda behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 4, 2010 5:28 PM
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