Posts Tagged ‘Kabul’
Military Medal for Courageous Restraint ie the Obama »
See this medal right here, wanna know how I earned it??There I was...... surrounded by Taliban. Taliban to the right of me, Taliban to the left of me. Everywhere I looked Taliban. The hills were full of 'em, thicker than fleas.Well grandpa what did you do??Nothing. Not a damn thing. I earned this medal from Obama, for not shooting back.All my [...]
A chance to press the reset button on Afghanistan »
The good news is that Afghan President Karzai's visit to Washington this week gives the Obama administration an opportunity to press the reset button on Afghanistan policy. The bad news, as made clear in two revealing articles in Sunday's Washington Post is that the administration needs to do so. The problems, at least at this juncture, do not [...]
Taliban’s supreme leader signals willingness to talk »
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7100889.eceThe supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has indicated that he and his followers may be willing to hold peace talks with western politicians.In an interview with The Sunday Times, two of the movement’s senior Islamic scholars have relayed a message from the [...]
Learn about anti-Israel Media »
Steven ShamrakHow can readers discern the truth between the lines? Listed here are common methods employed by the media - intentionally or not - to influence public opinion. By being aware of these methods, we can avoid becoming a pawn in the media war against Israel.Misleading definitions and terminology.By using terminology and definitions in a [...]
Middle East Chess »
Leslie J. SacksLos Angeles, CALESLIE'S BLOG: STRENGTH AND TOLERANCEIsrael resides amongst 22 (generally hostile) Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, with 2% of the population on 0.15% of the land. Israel's army is fighting Islamist radicals on multiple fronts and sharing its expertise in counter-insurgency, robotic warfare, and [...]
Kudos for the calling card in Kabul »
In previous posts and musings, I have gently chided President Obama for allowing the perception that he is slighting the Commander-in-Chief role to take hold. I also worried that White House political advisors would come to believe avoiding national security was a shrewd political move. And I expressed some concern about the roll-out of Obama's [...]
What a week for USA diplomacy »
Bam's triple-diplo-whammy dayRalph PetersWednesday, March 24, 2010, was the worst day for US diplomacy in recent memory.Between sunrise and sunset, we 1) handled our Israeli allies as enemies, 2) treated Pakistani gangsters as our benefactors and 3) got blindsided -- brilliantly -- by the Russians.First, the Russians: Well aware that President [...]
Israel’s Last Chance of Survival »
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/In the summer of 2011, it will have been 18 years since the Oslo Accords were signed by Shimon Peres, secretly and without the knowledge of the Israeli public whose rights to their own land were being signed away. The accord was based on meetings by left wing academics with terrorists that were illegal under Israeli [...]
TERROR IN AFGANISTAN COURTESY OF AMERICAN FORCES »
It was November 19, 2009, at 3:15 am. A loud blast awoke the villagers of a leafy neighborhood outside Ghazni city, a town of ancient provenance in the country's south. A team of US soldiers burst through the front gate of the home of Majidullah Qarar, the spokesman for the minister of [...]
Western Troops Accused of Executing 10 Afghan »
Afghan investigators today accused US-led troops of dragging ten civilians from their beds and shooting them dead during a night raid. Officials said that eight children and teenagers were among the dead and all but one of the victims were from the same family. The reports led to angry protests in Kabul and Jalalabad, with children as young as 10 [...]
