“A Prime Candidate For A Visit From A Predator”

That’s what Ibn Muqawama has to say about Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Pakistani Taliban. On a related note, Ibn Muqawama adds,

We really need to rethink our entire concept of airpower. I don’t think it lies in F-22s, but in the persistent presence and low-observability offered by the next generation of unmanned and relatively inexpensive drones, operating from longer ranges with a wider variety of weaponry and strike capabilities. That’s the real future, not our efforts to build a new generation of fighters that do the same thing but better and with a pointier nose.

Cross-posted at Conventional Folly