Tag Rethink Afghanistan

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.

All politics is local: Al-Qa’eda and the Afghanistan War

As pressure to end the war builds in Washington, supporters of the war in Afghanistan will invariably return to their strongest argument: the threat of Al-Qa'eda. However, a reasonable understanding of the terrorist organization shows that even Al-Qa'eda is not enough to justify a bloody and expensive occupation.

Afghanistan war. ‘We’re f’ing losing this thing.’

From Brave New Films listserv. Full info on their Facebook Rethink Afghanistan page. With all the drama around General McChrystal’s resignation, the media missed the real story in the explosive Rolling Stone article: “…[W]e’re f****ing losing this thing.” –Staff Sergeant…