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...Peace Corps vision of President John F. Kennedy ’40, a former Crimson editor, as an example of the types of public service initiatives that have come before, they had noticeably little to say about Americans’ service abroad beyond encouraging larger compensation packages for servicemen...
Since the firefight, the U.S. has conducted its operations in Pakistan with more discretion; at the airstrip in Jacobabad, U.S. aircraft now land only at night, without the aid of runway lights. American servicemen on motorcycles race up the strip to guide the gunships in. That has added another hazard to the difficult job of locating bin Laden and the Taliban leadership and going for their throats. British intelligence believes the bombing campaign has flushed bin Laden out of his hiding places, providing opportunities for prying eyes to fix his location and sell the information to the U.S. The forces...
...angry anti-American protesters on our cover were the last thing many of you wanted to see. "What are you trying to do," asked a Louisiana reader, "scare all the mothers of the servicemen and -women sent to fight this war? It would have been better to show the righteous fury of a Navy SEAL or an Army paratrooper." Objecting to the "Muslims screaming hate against America," a Texan asked, "Why not show the heroic workers cleaning up the rubble in New York?" "We have enough reminders of the terror without that revolting picture," declared an Arizonan. But plenty...
...Since the firefight, the U.S. has conducted its operations in Pakistan with more discretion; at the airstrip in Jacobabad, U.S. aircraft now land only at night, without the aid of runway lights. American servicemen on motorcycles race up the strip to guide the gunships in. That has added another hazard to the difficult job of locating bin Laden and the Taliban leadership and going for their throats. British intelligence believes the bombing campaign has flushed bin Laden out of his hiding places, providing opportunities for prying eyes to fix his location and sell the information to the U.S. The forces...
...Rumsfeld, "[but] they can't crawl around on the ground and find people." The next day the Defense Secretary went to Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri as reports flew that special forces were already on the ground. His hints were as broad as the grin he flashed when servicemen bellowed training chants behind him. "The safest way one can deal with an issue like that is not to get involved in discussing it," he said before turning to Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton and suggesting they eat lunch. On the other side of the world, crew chiefs made final walkarounds...