George Washington University professor Jonathan Turley said it best yesterday on Keith Olbermann regarding the British Public Inquiry into the Iraq War that recently saw former Prime Minister Tony Blair extensively questioned: “The British have this quaint notion, don’t they, that their leaders should have to explain decisions that cost thousands of lives and billions [...]
Archive for the ‘September 11’ Category
A Little Island with More Backbone than a Super Power
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Egypt, Fundamentalism, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, September 11, South Asia, Sunni, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, democracy, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Islam’s Shame
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Fundamentalism, Iran, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Radical, September 11, South Asia, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Americans, Egypt, Hamas, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, South Asia, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As revelations emerge of more and more American citizens becoming receptive to the Jihadist message- from Nidal Hassan to the Minnesota Somalians to the five Americans most recently captured in Pakistan- we must increasingly ask ourselves what is so appealing about this radical ideology. What motivates these people and why do they choose violence? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Alienating Generation Muslim
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fundamentalism, Hizbullah, islam, Lebanon, Middle East, Radical, September 11, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, islam, Lebanon, Middle East, Radical, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Atta Mohammad, the Afghan governor of the prosperous province of Balkh, is one of the Western world’s champions on the front line in the fight against extremism. But if he tried to come to America, he would probably be detained as he entered the country. His name is too close to the Egyptian guy who [...]
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 [...]
