Killing Machine (49 page)

lawfare,
138–39

“lethal presidency,”
176
,
193–94
,
266n69

Levin, Carl,
120
,
176
,
229–30

liberal imperialism,
243–44

al-Libi, Abu Yahya,
218

Libya,
195–96
,
230–31

Lowry, Richard,
6–7

Lugar, Richard,
158

Malik, Rehman,
162

Marcus, Ruth,
81

Marja campaign

     
COIN in,
101
,
109

     
Kandahar and,
93
,
94
,
96
,
113

     
Karzai government officials installed after,
102–3

     
McChrystal boast of “government in box” after,
97
,
102–3

     
McChrystal role in,
99–100
,
101
,
104–5
,
112

     
perception in,
99–100

     
region of,
99

     
Taliban in,
99–102
,
112

     
U.S. and local trust in,
101–2
,
103–4

     
U.S. military leadership on,
93
,
97

McCain, John,
18–19
,
22
,
42
,
182

McChrystal, Stanley,
49
,
65
,
124
,
254n28

     
on Afghan defense force training,
74–75
,
107

     
on Afghan War troop withdrawal,
74–75

     
Afghanistan report from,
52–56
,
59
,
106–7

     
background and accomplishments of,
50–51
,
104

     
at Brussels meeting,
117

     
on drone strikes,
228–29

     
Eikenberry and,
75
,
121–22

     
Kandahar role of,
109–10

     
Marja campaign role of,
99–100
,
101
,
104–5
,
112

     
on Marja “government in box,”
97
,
102–3

     
media and,
120–21
,
122–23

     
Obama administration relationship with,
59–60
,
120–23

     
secrecy surrounding,
50–51

     
troop surge requested by,
54

McConnell, Mike,
40

McGovern, George,
71

McKelvey, Tara,
141–42

McKiernan, David,
48
,
49

media and pundits

     
Afghan War coverage of,
70–72
,
119–23
,
197–98

     
on Afghan War troop surge,
70–71

     
on Afghan War U.S. military reports,
197–98

     
on al-Awlaki, Anwar,
167–68
,
169
,
171
,
175
,
220–21
,
238

     
on civilian casualties,
104
,
151

     
on drone program, strikes, and warfare,
73
,
78
,
132–34
,
171
,
175
,
194
,
199–200
,
210–11
,
216–22
,
223–24
,
227–28

     
on imperialism in Afghanistan,
71–72

     
on Kandahar,
117
,
119

     
McChrystal and,
120–21
,
122–23

     
nuclear threat and,
150

     
Obama accountability to,
viii
,
199–200

     
on Obama administration foreign policy,
194

     
on Obama administration secrecy,
193
,
220–22

     
on Obama Nobel Prize,
81–82

     
on Obama wartime pragmatism,
209–11

     
on presidential authority,
203–4
,
207
,
215
,
216–17
,
227–28

     
on West Point speech,
70–71

     
on withdrawal time frame for Afghan War,
123

Mehsud, Hakimullah,
247–48

Middle East,
25–26
,
73–74

military, U.S..
See also
Pentagon

     
Afghan defense forces attacking,
201–2

     
Afghan public opinion of,
201

     
Afghan War and Obama administration pressure from,
55–56
,
122–23
,
181–82

     
Afghan War ground conflict of,
200–201

     
Afghan War progress reports of,
197–98

     
Afghan War withdrawal time frame from,
120
,
124

     
Arab world cooperation with,
162–63

     
civilian leadership challenged by,
120–22

     
civilians killed by,
103–4

     
COIN anthropologizing,
29–30

     
COIN narrative for Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghan Wars from,
181–82

     
Karzai, Ahmed, for,
94–95
,
113

     
Marja assault for leadership of,
93
,
97

     
Obama on,
179

     
Pakistani military cooperation with,
154
,
162

     
post-9/11 changes to,
196–97

     
safety,
124

     
special operations,
107
,
109
,
110–11
,
113

     
stability operations change in,
179

mineral deposits, Afghan,
116–17

morality and moralism,
4–5
,
83–84
,
212

Morrell, Geoff,
119

MoveOn,
16–17

Mullen, Mike,
101
,
120
,
152
,
161–62
,
174

Muslim world, public opinion,
170–71
,
210–11
,
222

al-Muslimi, Farea,
241

mystification,
270n32

Nagl, John,
196–97

nation building

     
in Afghanistan,
32
,
179
,
180
,
194

     
COIN criticized for dropping,
42

     
globalization necessitating,
30

     
Obama administration,
31
,
32
,
194

     
in Pakistan,
194

     
U.S. involvement in,
30

National Review
,
6–7

national security

     
Afghanistan impact on,
70
,
124

     
Obama on,
12–13
,
23
,
70
,
185–87
,
245–47

     
presidential authority and,
183–84
,
185–87
,
195
,
205
,
207
,
240–41

     
secrecy and,
215

national sovereignty

     
drone warfare and,
144
,
149
,
151
,
188
,
218
,
221–23
,
232
,
242–43
,
247

     
liberal imperialism for violation of,
243–44

     
Pakistan on,
162
,
188

     
terrorists and Pakistani,
148–49
,
161–62
,
247

     
U.S. theory on,
242–43

NATO.
See
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Nelson, Ben,
131

Neptune’s Spear,
148

Niebuhr, Reinhold,
86

night raids,
107
,
109
,
110
,
113

9/11 terror attack

     
AUMF scope after,
1
,
242

     
al-Awlaki, Anwar, role in,
169–70

     
bin Laden on reasons for,
8

     
drone program connection to,
128–29
,
133
,
134
,
140

     
drone warfare and law of,
140
,
142

     
Obama on,
1
,
12–13

     
troop surge hearings on anniversary of,
17–18

     
U.S. military changes post-,
196–97

Nissenbaum, Dion,
112
,
113

Nixon, Richard,
179–81
,
183–85
,
187
,
194
,
195

Nobel Prize and Nobel Prize speech, Obama

     
Afghan War in,
89–90

     
international coalition invoked in,
87–88

     
media response to,
81–82

     
Obama as winner of,
79–86

     
as peace commission,
86–87

     
peace necessitating war in,
87–88
,
89–90
,
140

     
Power input in,
82–83

     
terrorist threat in,
88–89

     
U.S. peace contribution in,
85–86

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
66–67
,
118
,
195

nuclear threat,
232

     
Iranian,
191–92
,
193

     
media and,
150

     
Pakistan and,
43
,
73
,
150–51
,
254n20

Obama, Barack.
See also
Nobel Prize and Nobel Prize speech, Obama

     
on 9/11 terror attack,
1
,
12–13

     
on Afghan War,
15–16
,
19
,
22
,
80–81

     
on Afghanistan,
14–15
,
19
,
80–81

     
Berlin candidacy speech of,
80–81

     
COIN of,
14
,
15–16
,
19–20

     
drone warfare comfort of,
91–92

     
Guantánamo promises regarding,
33–34

     
on Hussein,
2

     
Iraq War and Bush, George W., administration criticism from,
1–3
,
10–11
,
12–14
,
21–22
,
175

     
on Iraq withdrawal time frame,
20–21
,
22