Killing Machine (47 page)

     
Brennan authority in,
188

     
COIN and,
40
,
131–32
,
159
,
179

     
Congress on policy of,
235–38
,
239–42

     
Constitution violated and,
xii–xiii
,
176
,
233
,
235–36

     
Democrats on,
viii
,
236–37
,
239–41

     
government secrecy and,
viii–ix
,
214

     
government undermined by,
248

     
Graham on,
xii

     
innocents killed in,
xii

     
international law justification for,
138–39
,
203

     
international law violated by,
216

     
intimidation factor in,
132
,
149
,
156

     
just-war doctrine and,
127–31

     
law of 9/11 and,
140
,
142

     
legality of,
viii–ix
,
136–37
,
138–42
,
171–73
,
175–76
,
208–9
,
211
,
214
,
215–17
,
219
,
224–30
,
242
,
245

     
media on,
73
,
78
,
132–34
,
171
,
175
,
194
,
199–200
,
210–11
,
216–22
,
223–24
,
227–28

     
as moral violation,
212

     
national sovereignty and,
144
,
149
,
151
,
188
,
218
,
221–23
,
232
,
242–43
,
247

     
Obama administration accountability and transparency in,
188–89
,
199–200
,
202
,
208
,
212
,
230–31

     
Obama administration pragmatism in,
176
,
209–11

     
Obama administration “rule book” for,
ix
,
131
,
211
,
216
,
231–32

     
Obama comfort with,
91–92

     
OLC and AUMF legal basis for,
viii–ix
,
74
,
172–73
,
175
,
208–9
,
210
,
214–17
,
219
,
224–30
,
242
,
245

     
in Pakistan,
41
,
72–73
,
134–35
,
144
,
151–52
,
153
,
154–55
,
188–89
,
217–19

     
Panetta backing,
42–43
,
133

     
Paul, Rand, on rules of,
235
,
237–38

     
public opinion on,
xi
,
74
,
133
,
135
,
144
,
155
,
188–89
,
216
,
218–19
,
223–24
,
239

     
al Qaeda impact from,
136–37
,
159–60
,
161–62
,
210
,
218

     
Republicans on legal justifications for,
140–41
,
214–15

     
targeted assassination in,
136–37

     
terrorist increase from,
41–42
,
73
,
135–36
,
232
,
238
,
239
,
244–45
,
247–48

     
transnational governance and,
232

     
Tutu challenging,
212–13

     
Vietnam War protests and rules over,
237–38

     
Zenko on,
135–36
,
241–42

drones and drone program

     
under Bush, George W., administration,
xii
,
72–73
,
128–29
,
131–32

     
CIA directing,
42
,
127
,
128–29
,
132–33
,
153
,
171
,
173–74
,
188
,
219
,
229–30

     
Clarke on,
xii
,
128–29

     
under Clinton, Bill,
127–28
,
129

     
defense and budget cuts,
xi
,
223

     
Iran capture of,
189–91

     
judicial court for,
212
,
214
,
226
,
227–28

     
media on,
73
,
78
,
132–34
,
171
,
175
,
194
,
199–200
,
210–11
,
216–22
,
223–24
,
227–28

     
9/11 connection to,
128–29
,
133
,
134
,
140

     
for Obama administration,
41–42
,
110
,
127
,
130–31
,
133–34
,
151
,
160
,
176
,
183
,
199

     
as “offshore balancing,”
194
,
199

     
operating locations,
160–61
,
220
,
222–23

     
Pentagon involvement in,
128–29
,
135

     
predator,
xii

     
Riedel on,
126

     
secrecy,
vii
,
40
,
41
,
74
,
132–33
,
135–36
,
171
,
188
,
199–200
,
202–3
,
220–24

     
technology and,
134
,
144
,
160
,
213
,
232

     
as UAV,
vii
,
127–31

     
U.S. leadership love affair with,
143

due process,
163
,
172–73
,
175
,
207
,
235

duplicity, ISI,
40
,
47

Durbin, Richard,
239–42

economy, Afghan,
116–17

economy, U.S.,
180

Eikenberry, Karl,
58–59
,
75
,
121–22
,
123–24

election fraud, Afghanistan,
52
,
77
,
105

elections, 2006,
9

Emanuel, Rahm,
132

embassy, U.S.,
153–54
,
230–31

empathy,
213

employment, Taliban,
49
,
79
,
97
,
100

exceptionalism, American,
66

experience, COIN,
71

Exum, Andrew,
73
,
132–33
,
134

Fallows, James,
81–82

federal budget,
x–xi

Ferguson, Niall,
72

Field Manual
3–24
, counterinsurgency manual,
29
,
75
,
124
,
196

     
coordination key in,
25

     
on insurgent ideology,
115

     
Kandahar in,
95

     
Petraeus role in,
181

Flournoy, Michele,
119

Fonda, Jane,
237

foreign policy

     
of Bush, George W., administration,
15

     
CIA in making,
231

     
just-war doctrine impact on U.S.,
213–14

     
Obama administration,
vii–viii
,
30–31
,
41
,
84–85
,
193–94
,
219–22
,
223–24

     
Obama administration confusion in statements on,
41

     
Obama administration secrecy over,
vii–viii
,
193–94
,
220–22
,
223–24

     
Obama on war and,
x
,
12–13
,
15–16
,
80–81
,
194–95
,
207–8

     
of transnational governance,
84–85

     
U.S. Middle East and South Asia,
73–74

Freedom of Information Act,
185

Friedersdorf, Conor,
177

Frost, David,
183–84
,
187

Gaddafi, Muammar,
195

Galula, David,
25

Gates, Robert,
111

     
on Afghan War troop surge,
34–35
,
60–61
,
63–64
,
68

     
on bin Laden death and public opinion response,
148
,
157
,
158

     
COIN involvement of,
32–33
,
35
,
46–47
,
48–49
,
117

     
COIN policy statement confusion from,
46–47

     
on COIN strategic theory,
27–30

     
ideology of,
27

     
Karzai meeting with,
77
,
78–79

     
on media coverage of Afghan War,
119–20

     
Obama administration dependence on,
30

     
on Obama withdrawal time frame approach,
26

     
as Secretary of Defense,
26–27

     
social imperialism from,
60–61

     
on Taliban as employment,
49
,
79

     
on Taliban relationship with al Qaeda,
157

     
on time frame for Afghan War troop surge,
63–64
,
68

     
on U.S. post-wartime historical response,
28–29

Gelb, Leslie,
198

geography, terrorism,
14

Gibbs, Robert,
vii
,
80
,
177

Gilani, Yousef Raza,
188

globalization and global perspective,
30
,
36
,
38–39

Goldsmith, Jack,
202–4

government.
See also
Bush, George W., administration
;
Congress
;
Karzai, Hamid, government
;
Obama administration
;
specific topics

     
Afghanistan control from local,
58–59
,
67–68
,
180

     
American public trust in U.S.,
221

     
Bush, George W., administration checks and balances from,
142

     
drone warfare secrecy in,
viii–ix
,
214

     
drone warfare undermining,
248

     
secrecy leaks in,
viii–ix
,
214
,
264n48

     
U.S. citizens spied on by United States,
236

     
Yemeni,
162–63
,
170
,
171
,
177
,
222