Fred Branfman was in Laos when the U.S. began covertly dropping bombs on the country’s civilian population in 1969 as part of its military operations in neighboring Vietnam. Today, he writes about the Obama administration’s international counterterrorism plan, which involves 60,000 Special Operations forces worldwide.

This “assassination strategy” is already under way in six Muslim countries and, according to the author, is set to be implemented almost everywhere else in the world — including the United States. It is more dangerous than the terrorism it’s supposed to combat, Branfman argues. –ARK