A response to Spencer Ackerman’s opening gambit on Pakistan diplomacy [...]
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A new RAND report recommends a US-Pakistan nuclear deal, modeled after a similar agreement with India, as part of the US counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. And that’s just crazy. [...] A US withdrawal does not mean abandoning the Afghans. Afghanistan suffers from too much foreign meddling, not a lack of it. And through all of it, the Afghans themselves remain completely helpless to the fate of their own country. [...] The solution: water harvesting The problem: The green revolution uses high-yield seeds that require much more water, and pesticides too. And naturally, the World Bank forced farmers to stop growing drought-resistant crops, silly peasants, what do they know. It’s a game-changer for them. No walking long distances or paying to recharge mobile phones. Kerosene lamps and their attendant fire hazards have been eliminated. Rural dwellers spend much less now on fuel, and have figured out how to power tiny TVs with the lamps too. There are probably hundreds of millions of people [...] Energyshortage has a clickable map with info on short term and long term energy shortages worldwide, with detailed blog posts too. The Oil Drum has more, especially about India, where a lack of monsoon rain for hydroelectric power has led to massive power shortages. This also effects the US, as the high tech hub [...] “There is enough evidence to show that, given the sophistication and military precision of the attack it must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan,” said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Keep an eye on this. India is saying Pakistan supported a major attack against them, something virtually any country would consider [...] |  | ||||
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