Killing Machine (45 page)

     
COIN and Karzai government involvement in,
45
,
59

     
COIN in,
34–40
,
43–45
,
56–59
,
61–62
,
101
,
109
,
113–14
,
117
,
125
,
158–59
,
181–82

     
Congress response to crisis in,
118–20

     
election fraud in,
52
,
77
,
105

     
Haqqani network in Pakistani interests’ in,
152

     
imperialism in,
71–72

     
local government and civilian control in,
58–59
,
67–68
,
180

     
McChrystal report on,
52–56
,
59
,
106–7

     
nation building in,
32
,
179
,
180
,
194

     
national security impact of,
70
,
124

     
for Obama,
14–15
,
19
,
80–81

     
public opinion of U.S. military in,
201

     
al Qaeda violence in,
20

     
regional players concerned with,
95

     
U.S. soft power or “cash surge” in,
114–15

     
as war on terrorism central front,
21

     
warlords,
106
,
107

     
women’s rights in,
45
,
53
,
62
,
96

Afridi, Shakeel,
217

Ahmed, Akbar,
248

Albright, Madeleine,
224

American exceptionalism,
66

American public,
xi
,
51
,
74
,
133
,
135
,
221
.
See also
public opinion

Annan, Kofi,
243

anthropology,
29–30

AQAP.
See
al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Arab world, U.S. military in,
162–63

al-Assad, Bashar,
196

assassination

     
drone warfare, presidential authority, and,
129–31
,
134
,
141–43
,
172–73
,
215–16

     
drone warfare and targeted,
136–37

     
lawful targeting compared to,
206–7

     
of U.S. citizens,
130
,
172–73
,
203–4
,
206–7
,
212
,
225

     
U.S. treatment of,
127–31

asymmetric warfare,
29
,
194–95
,
223

Atmar, Hanif,
115
,
118

atomic weapons,
192–93

Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)

     
Bush, George W., administration use of,
205–6

     
9/11 terror attack and scope of,
1
,
242

     
Obama administration drone warfare using,
viii–ix
,
74
,
219
,
224–25
,
242
,
245

     
presidential authority and,
185
,
205–6
,
219
,
240
,
242
,
245

al-Awlaki, Abdulrahman,
176–77

al-Awlaki, Anwar

     
Abdulmutallab relationship with,
168–69

     
anti-U.S. rhetoric of,
164–65
,
166–67

     
as AQAP recruiter,
166–67
,
168–69
,
174

     
background of,
164

     
drone attack on,
xi
,
137
,
163–64
,
168–69
,
170–75
,
209
,
210
,
214
,
225
,
227
,
229
,
270n26

     
Hasan exchange with,
165–67

     
as inspirational figure,
164–65
,
169
,
173
,
238

     
legal justification for drone attack on,
137
,
171–73
,
209
,
210
,
214
,
225
,
227
,
229
,
270n26

     
media on,
167–68
,
169
,
171
,
172
,
220–21
,
238

     
9/11 role of,
169–70

     
for Obama administration,
167–68
,
169
,
171–74
,
175
,
270n26

     
Obama administration on AQAP role of,
174

     
treason of,
169

     
Tsarnaev influenced by,
238

     
in Yemen,
163
,
164

Axelrod, David,
93
,
210

Bagram Air Base,
201

Baker, Peter,
247

Bates, John,
172

Becker, Jo,
209–10

Beinart, Peter,
viii
,
194
,
195

Bellinger, John,
216

Benghazi embassy attack,
230–31

Berlin,
80–81

Biden, Joe,
56–58
,
61–62
,
121
,
123–24
,
198

bin Laden, Osama

     
COIN regarding,
75

     
drone warfare expansion after death of,
160–61
,
162–63

     
ISI complicit with,
149–50

     
on 9/11 attack and Bush, George W., administration,
8

     
Obama administration on resistance and death of,
127
,
145–48
,
149–50
,
157–58
,
262n5
,
262n6

     
Pakistan public opinion on death of,
148
,
156

     
Pakistan-U.S. relations and death of,
156
,
246

     
Predator drone vulnerability of,
xii

     
Taliban-al Qaeda relationship impact from death of,
157
,
158–59

     
terrorism impact from death of,
157

     
U.S. Afghanistan policy change from death of,
158–59

     
U.S. approach regarding,
127–28

Blair, Dennis,
91

Boehner John A.,
195
,
196

Brennan, John,
111
,
211
,
241–42

     
on bin Laden complicity with ISI,
149

     
on bin Laden death,
145–46
,
157

     
CIA nomination of,
212
,
222
,
229–30
,
235–36
,
237
,
239

     
on drone attack accuracy,
151
,
210

     
on drone attack legal justification,
175–76

     
drone warfare authority of,
188

     
drone warfare championed by,
40

     
on drone warfare impact on al Qaeda,
161

     
on judicial process and presidential authority,
207–8

     
on Obama administration accountability and transparency,
208

     
Obama administration dependence on,
40
,
187–88

     
on significant threat,
208–9

     
Yemeni government and AQAP for,
162–63
,
168

Brooks, David,
81
,
85

Brooks, Rosa,
242–43
,
244–45

Brussels meeting,
117

Bush, George W., administration,
50
,
251n4

     
Afghan War for,
15

     
AUMF use by,
205–6

     
bin Laden criticism of,
8

     
COIN tactics of,
83–84

     
Congressional powers given to,
1
,
185

     
drone program under,
xii
,
72–73
,
128–29
,
131–32

     
foreign policy of,
15

     
government checks and balances applied to,
142

     
Hussein determination of,
2
,
12
,
83
,
131

     
imperial presidency of,
185

     
Iraq War determination and justifications of,
vii
,
2–4
,
17
,
30–31
,
131
,
221

     
Iraq War troop surge from,
9
,
16–25
,
182–83

     
moral high ground lost by,
83–84

     
Obama criticism of,
1–3
,
10–11
,
12–14
,
21–22
,
175

     
second inauguration speech of,
8–9

     
torture use during,
5–6
,
187

     
Vietnam historical narrative from,
11–12

     
war on terror in,
165

Carafano, James Jay,
213

Carney, Jay,
195
,
247–48

     
on bin Laden death,
145
,
146–48

     
on drone program secrecy,
199–200
,
203–4

     
on OLC drone warfare legality,
216–17
,
228

Carter, Nick,
112
,
114

Cartwright, James,
148–49

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

     
Brennan nomination for,
212
,
222
,
229–30
,
235–36
,
237
,
239

     
civilians engaged in war and,
132–33

     
drone program directed by,
42
,
127
,
128–29
,
132–33
,
153
,
161
,
171
,
173–74
,
188
,
219
,
229–30

     
drone program location of,
161

     
ISI relationship with,
153

     
Karzai government, warlord payments, and,
106
,
107

     
in Pakistan,
152–56
,
188

     
Pakistan on informants of,
155–56

     
Pakistani public opinion regarding,
153–54

     
Petraeus role with,
127

     
as policy-making organization,
231

     
targeting list,
189

     
torture by,
187