IPFS News Link • Afghanistan
Jets Are Crucial to Afghan War, Until a U.S. Exit
• New York TimesThe killing of Mr. Qayum and his driver, confirmed by the Taliban and
reviewed by The New York Times as part of an examination of operations
in Afghanistan by 44 F/A-18s from the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis,
was a demonstration of the extraordinary technical and tactical
abilities of American air power. For both better and worse, that power
has become a defining facet of the Afghan conflict and the American way
of waging war.