Because the military has become the “go-to” choice for conducting US foreign policy, it’s no wonder General McChrystal felt he could (and should) go directly to the Europeans to plead the case for his Afghanistan plan. The civil service no longer has the capacity to perform its national security duties, so the military has stepped …
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If the U.S. and international community are serious about this intervention and having any kind of political success (and less war) in Afghanistan, it should call a Loya Jirga, or a “grand assembly”. Read the full article here The Huffington Post.
The current beltway dialogue is focused on the request by General Stanley McCrystal to send another 40,000 troops to Afghanistan. President Obama is meeting with Congressional representatives, Administration appointees and experts to determine if he should up the battle anti or stand pat yet there still is not a formal strategy. Is it stability, counterinsurgency, …
Because the UN has long served as a valve for venting hot air, it came as no surprise when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Benjamin Netanyahu administered high doses of hypocrisy and self-righteousness to the General Assembly. We can only hope, when it comes to Iranian nukes and Israeli settlements, that world leaders ignore the bloviating (for …
Mideast Solutions Require International Resolve, Not Rants Read More »
After being embroiled in years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans have now heard of Islam’s holiest month, Ramadan, which began on August 22nd this year. (Note: Ramadan is based on the position of the moon and may differ depending on time zone, so some mark the first day as the 21st. The …
Ramadan: A Time for Peace or Another Month of War? Read More »
See the program here Eldridge & Company.
This outrageous behavior by the GOP coupled with their McCarthy like accusations of “socialism” is not only uninformed it is absolutely unacceptable. Do any of us really believe our school children will be brainwashed by the leader of the free world? If your answer is yes, you not only have some soul searching to do, …
It is Time for Congress and the GOP to Get a Grip! Read More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to halt settlements, but continues them anyway in direct defiance of US requests. The US must take stronger action against the policies in Israel. It is not only US policy to solve this conflict, but it is in US interests as well. Palestinians are finally showing signs of peaceful …
Israeli soldiers fire at Al Jazeera correspondent Read More »
I am a bit sad today. It gets tiring watching the rise in intolerance and anger that is happening in the world. Today, I read about two paragraphs about the people who died in the hospitals because they could not be evacuated during hurricane Katrina. The story was in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. I …
By Patricia DeGennaro, The Women’s Media Center Posted on August 12, 2009, Printed on August 27, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/141901/ Feminists everywhere are justifiably enraged at the suffering of Afghan women. Following the Taliban’s fall, there was a rush to alleviate the plight of Afghan women and girls, backed by millions of dollars in aid. The Ministry …
