It's all about Pakistan now

[August West]

kj wrote:
Thumbs up for the idea that the u.s. using violent means in the middle east is counter-productive and a thumbs up for obama using a violent approach in the middle east.

I believe that you are misreading the article. Hedges writes about an imperialistic nationalism, citing the string of US bases in the Middle East and the large scale invasions(from my memory, I didn't reread the link.). I think if you look at Hedges' article you will see that he did not focus on Obama, and IIRC did not even mention him(again I didn't reread). Hedges is portraying bin Laden's assassination as a footnote to an entirely greater process. You are trying to compare two different scenarios because they both contain violence and it does not apply in this case.