"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. Former South Carolina senator Fritz Hollings has an…
America is pursuing its goals in Pakistan by engaging in a Strategic Dialogue with a military dictator who uses terrorism to fuel conflict with India. But unlike the Pakistani and Pashtun people, you have a voice in this Strategic Dialogue.
The problem is not the population of Marja, or it's strategic significance. As long as we continue using military force and propping up a corrupt, illegitimate government, we will continue to fail.
Gee, where have we heard that before? (For you youngsters out there, that’s Lyndon B. Johnson, the President who campaigned as the “peace candidate” against “war-hawk” Barry Goldwater, while escalating American troop levels from 16,000 to 550,000.) Yes, given that…
And it’s 1,2,3 What are we fighting for Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn Next stop is Afghanistan Juan Cole reports on the carnage and corruption.