Dozens of major terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan
Pakistan has paid a huge price of the US-led war on terror that saw over 80,000 Pakistanis martyred
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Pakistan has paid a huge price of the US-led war on terror that saw over 80,000 Pakistanis martyred
I want to thank The Heritage Foundation and Senior Legal Fellow Cully Stimson for having me here today. I was thinking back as I was preparing for these remarks, and it occurred to me that this is the fourth time I’ve spoken about terrorism at a Heritage event over the past five years. It’s been a pleasure to speak at Heritage on each of those occasions, but today it’s a particular honor to be part of the inaugural meeting of Heritage’s new National Security Law Program.
An appreciation of the effects of targeted strikes—as well as legal and ethical assessments of them—should guide decisions about whether, when and where to conduct strikes.