You wonder what Afghan president Hamid Karzai was thinking over the past several days as he unleashed a fusillade of vitriol against his primary benefactor, the United States. His comments, such as “foreigners” were responsible for the presidential election fraud that declared him the outright winner, or that he was prepared to join the Taliban [...]
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Strange Bedfellows
Posted in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Egypt, elections, Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, Sunni, Taleban, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, Egypt, elections, Hamas, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, South Asia, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Terror Spirals From Pakistan to Iraq…
Posted in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Fundamentalism, Iran, Iraq, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Osama, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, Taleban, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, Iran, Iraq, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Pakistan has come to another critical point in its war against extremism with the unconfirmed reports that the Pakistani Taliban leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, has succumbed to wounds he sustained in a U.S. drone attack in January. If the reports prove true, that would be two Taliban leaders, as well as numerous mid-level operatives, lost [...]
“A Pakistan on the Verge of Greatness” ???
Posted in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Fundamentalism, India, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, Taleban, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, India, islam, Middle East, Muslims, nuclear, Pakistan, South Asia, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One wonders exactly where Pakistani President Asif Zardari was when he first wrote the above headline for his Washington Post Op-Ed that appeared in the print edition this past Friday. (The Post subsequently changed the headline in the on-line version. Hmmm…). Perhaps Zardari was in his villa in Dubai or his chalet in Switzerland. Maybe [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
You Don’t Need Foreigners for An Occupation
Posted in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, democracy, Egypt, Fundamentalism, Hamas, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Radical, South Asia, Taleban, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Americans, democracy, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Iraq, islam, Israel, Middle East, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Radical, Taliban, terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy on December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“This Soil is Ours” reads the caption below the cartoon above, displayed during the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day demonstrations in Iran, when the clerical regime likes to whip up support against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, diverting attention from very real problems at home. This year, however, the Iranian people did not toe the [...]
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 [...]
