In his Thursday column in the Washington Post David Ignatius highlights a new emphasis in U.S. counter-terror strategy : relying more on partner-nations around the world. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to cost us in lives, treasure, global reputation and standing, this makes sense. We should rely more on our partner governments in places [...]
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Partnering Against Extremism
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, September 11, Taleban, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, South Asia, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hiding Behind American Hypocrisy
Posted in Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized, tagged Al Qaeda, America, democracy, Egypt, Iraq, islam, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on January 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Muslims who are willing to die for a despicable ideology keep popping up. In addition to the Christmas bomber, the latest culprit is the Jordanian double-agent who infiltrated a CIA base in Afghanistan, killing seven Americans and another Jordanian agent when he blew himself up. What’s going on? Jordan is considered a moderate Arab nation, at peace [...]
Eight Years Later: An Underwear Explosion
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Radical, September 11, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged 9/11, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Radical, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on January 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Has anyone else been disgusted with the media frenzy surrounding the Christmas Day airline bombing, the endless chatter on what we did and did not do, the recriminations and counter-recriminations by each party about a resurgent terrorist threat and how ill-prepared we are to deal with it? I take away something entirely different. Eight years [...]
Robots, from Israel to India to Iran…
Posted in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, India, Iran, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Al Qaeda, India, Iran, islam, Israel, Middle East, Mumbai, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestinians, Radical, South Asia, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Cohen’s “Programmed to Kill” in yesterday’s Washington Post seemed programmed to spread nothing but fear. After candidly admitting to his readers that it is sometimes hard not to strike an alarmist tone when writing about terrorism, he proceeded to describe the Mumbai terrorists as terminator-like machines who will not be stopped before they obliterate the known [...]
Yes, Don’t Forget India. Hold Them Accountable Too…
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, India, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, India, islam, Islamabad, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Palestinians, Radical, South Asia, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on November 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
All eyes are on the U.S strategic relationship with India as the one year anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks has come and gone and the White House has hosted its first state dinner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Fareed Zakaria argues persuasively in the Washington Post that India is the prize that should be cultivated [...]
Confronting Our Own Extremists
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Fundamentalism, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, September 11, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, democracy, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You know what they say about pictures. I took this one in 2004, at the hallway bulletin board outside the main cafeteria of what was back then the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad, Iraq. Why was there openly religious propaganda posted in what was ostensibly a federal government building? Language exhorting the thousands of people per [...]
Losing Sight of Victory in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Iraq, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, democracy, islam, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday evening I attended a talk by Dr. David Kilcullen, a former Australian infantry officer who is now the chief strategist for the Office of Counter-Terrorism. He has written a widely acclaimed book called The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One. Usually these Washington policy wonk meetings are way [...]
Fort Hood: Should We Be Surprised?
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Egypt, elections, Fundamentalism, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, September 11, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, democracy, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, South Asia, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The shooting rampage at Fort Hood last week was indeed tragic and unfortunate. No one should have to lose a family member in such circumstances. What is equally disturbing, however, is the surprise exhibited by Americans around the country at these events. Some may find that statement insensitive at a time when the events of [...]
The Long Wars
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Egypt, Fundamentalism, Iran, Iraq, islam, Middle East, Osama, Radical, September 11, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Iran, Iraq, islam, Middle East, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the Afghan election goes into the dispute phase, the US army brass openly says we don’t have enough troops to “win”, and in Iraq, terrorist bombings escalate, it is easy to suffer from fatigue in the long, hot summer of ’09. Eight years after 9/11, US men and women are still essentially bogged down [...]
Pakistan: A Creeping Failed State?
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, islam, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, September 11, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, islam, Pakistan, South Asia, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Peshawar was once known as the “City of Flowers”. Yesterday, a barrage of rockets struck a residential area of the provincial capital of Pakistan’s NorthWest Frontier Province. On the same day, a frontier corps police barracks was assaulted commando style, the gun battle lasting several hours. Businessmen here are routinely kidnapped and even most Pakistanis [...]
