Tomgram from Tom's Dispatch: "The American War Moves to Pakistan" - Tariq Ali

Editor and writer, Tom Englehardt of the important Tom's Dispatch writes as an introduction: [excerpt] ... As Andrew Bacevich tells us in the latest issue of the Atlantic, there's now a vigorous debate going on in the military about the nature of the "next" American wars and how to prepare for them. However, while military officers argue, that "next war" may already be creeping up on us. Having, with much hoopla, launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, each disastrous in its own way, the Bush administration in its waning months seems intent on a slo-mo launching of a third war in the border regions of Pakistan. ... Read more