It was heavily rumored in news outlets yesterday, Baitullah Mehsud was killed on Wednesday in a reported attack that killed his wife. After some initial confusion, the Pakistani Taliban announced Mehsud is dead. So what does this mean? Is this a win for the US strategy of drone attacks that spiked after Obama assumed office?
As Juan Cole opined this morning, Mehsud was a mass murder and a thug, and the world of arts and leisure won't miss him. Cole asks the pertinent question on the results of his death. It seems likely that another thug will replace Mehsud, but one should ask whether this is a victory for the US strategy of disrupting command and control. Cole maintains that political solutions offer the only true ways to disarm and defang an insurgency, and assassinations won't turn the tide. That being said, I'm sure there are some happy folks in Northern Virginia.
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