General Kayani’s “Silent Coup” in Pakistan: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
What are the consequences of General Kayani's 3 year extension for the US war in Afghanistan?
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
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General “it’s fun to shoot some people” to lead Middle East military
Another example of how we will be winning their hearts and minds, no doubt. But not to worry, apparently. He was properly chastised and higher-ups say he’s promised to be good.
Individual acts and the collapse of Pakistan
What led to the misery and instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan? And more importantly, what will end it?
Afghanistan: No “opportunity and justice” without free expression
Afghanistan needs a free press, not only for the sake of their journalists' lives, but it's absolutely fundamental to improving their government, their laws, and their society as whole.
Pakistan’s “Strategic Depth” and endless war in Afghanistan
Pakistan's national security policy of supporting terrorist groups and militias as proxies against India, known as "strategic depth," is accelerating out of control, and they are either deliberately or inadvertently engineering a globalized religious war, a Clash of Civilizations. If pressure on congress is not increased, if the US remains on the slow, ambiguous timetable it is on now, it will be caught right in the middle of this clash.