The Military Strategy To Combat AfghanPak Taliban Leaders And Commanders

Baitullah Mehsud before being killed in a drone strike. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Evolving US Strategy Widens Assault On Terrorists -- Washington Post/AP

WASHINGTON -- In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.

Mehsud was Pakistan's public enemy No. 1 and its most feared militant, responsible for a string of bombings and assassination attempts. But while Mehsud carried out strikes against U.S. forces overseas and had a $5 million bounty on his head, he had never been the top priority for U.S. airstrikes, something that at times rankled Pakistan.

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My Comment: Kudos to President Obama for implementing this strategy .... the situation was getting out of hand and something had to be done .... and he did it.

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