bluecontrarian.blogspot.com - 13 days ago
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A stable and enduring peace can only emerge once Afghanistan is closed down as a theatre of strategic competition between India and Pakistan. And this can only be achieved when the issues that motivate and sustain that competition are resolved......
Today in Wild Overstatements
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/6/2009 — To may a long story short about a bad way to make the case for war in Afghanistan, if you take any situation (say the war in Afghanistan) then you assume that failing to apply maximum effort will lead to the worst possible consequences, then you ...
Analyzing the Case for Afghanistan
democracyarsenal.org 8/30/2009 — Over at registan.net, Josh Foust has taken on the admirable and difficult job of making the case for staying the course in Afghanistan . He argues there are two strategic goals for the US mission:
A basic minimal stability in Afghanistan, such that ...
You Probably Think this War is About You
obsidianwings.blogs.com 9/16/2009 — by Eric Martin
Despite President Bush's post-9/11, manichean-tinged attempt to categorize other nations as either "with us or against us" with respect to those terrorist groups that the US government considers problematic, and despite an ...
I Believe It Is Peace In Our Time
justoneminute.typepad.com 10/9/2009 — Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize and I feel safer already. No need to worry that he has peaked too soon - over the next few years the Nobel Committee can still award him prizes in economics and literature. MORE:...
'Peace, peace, and there is no peace.' -- By: NRO Staff
corner.nationalreview.com 10/10/2009 — The cynic will say that Notre Dame’s decision to honor President Obama at its most recent commencement gave the Nobel Prize Selectors their cue. We do not know whether to laugh or cry. The “Peace” Prize is now awarded not for actually doing anything ...
Peace on Facebook
peace.facebook.com 24 days ago — Share Your Thoughts What do you think about peace and technology? Do you think we are moving towards a better place?
Pak Dawn, Pak Trutherism
julescrittenden.com 29 days ago — Irony abounds. What $11 billion in US aid couldn't do, some guys in pajamas with a handful of bombs manage. Pakistan is onside, fighting hard in South Waziristan. It's dawn over Islamabad as the Pak Taliban's bombing campaign has united Pakistan ...
Pakistan opens new terror camps after Mumbai assault
longwarjournal.org 9/26/2009 — Ten new terror training camps have been opened inside Pakistan since the November 2008 terror assault in Mumbai, India, which was launched from Pakistani soil.
The ten additional camps raises the number to 62, according to Indian intelligence ...
Pakistan: Taliban leader warns India will be 'attacked'
adnkronos.com 10/15/2009 — Islamabad, 14 October (AKI) - The Pakistani Taliban's new leader Hakimullah Mehsud warned India of future attacks and sent a message to Pakistan's army that if it wanted a halt to attacks, it would have to stop taking orders from the Americans. "We ...
The President, Held Hostage
politics.theatlantic.com 9/22/2009 — As he made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows, President Obama made one thing clear when asked about whether he'd send more troops to Afghanistan: the question was moot because Gen. Stanley McChrystal, his top commander in Afghanistan, hadn't yet ...