Articles tagged with: Taliban
Afghans Want to Burn Americans, Not Qurans
The people of Afghanistan have been rioting in the streets, screaming anti-U.S. slogans , and killing American citizens ever since the unfortunate “Quran-burning incident” by the U.S. military on February 24th. This two-week long binge of violent behavior and hatred toward America has been largely fueled by top officials within the Karzai regime and the powerful Council of Muslim Scholars. …
Iran’s Back is Against The Wall
As the first few days of 2012 slide by, there is very little indication that the new year will bring much relief from the political tensions and turmoils that embroil humanity from one side of the globe to the other. The simmering tensions between the religious sects in Iraq continue to heat up, the war between the Taliban and the …
Afghanistan Conflict Marks Ten Year Anniversity
On Friday, October 7, the United States reached grim milestone. This date marked the ten year anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. During this period of time over 1,700 American service men and women have been killed, thousands more have been wounded and maimed, and the cost to the taxpayers has exceeded one trillion dollars. In addition to American …
Afghanistan: America’s Co-dependent Stepchild
After almost ten years of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, the American people have almost nothing to show for their spent treasure, spilled blood, and thousands of disabled sons and daughters. Not only is the war against the Taliban insurgents going badly, but the entire Afghan economy has become totally dependent on the billions of dollars of military spending, combined with …
Afghanistan : The Opium Den of the World
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Once again, the weird and wacky world of Afghanistan politics has taken center stage. The issue this time, like many other times in the past, is Afghanistan’s bumper crop of illegal heroin. As the world’s leading supplier of heroin for decades, if not centuries, the population of this impoverished and war-torn nation know full well the importance of …
Hamid Karzai: A Taliban in Sheep's Clothing
Mr. Karzai, who owes his position and probably his very existence, to the overthrow of the Taliban government in a 2001 invasion, has become emboldened by the corrupt election that kept him in power. Under the protection of the U.S. military in Afghanistan , Mr. Karzai has been able to hold secretive meetings
Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan
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At the same time that U.S. troops in Afghanistan are putting their lives on the line fighting Taliban and al Qaida insurgents, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kabul. As could be expected, Ahmadinejad has taken this opportunity to sharply criticize the U.S. for its military presence in Afghanistan, and …
Pakistan: An Unwilling Strategic Partner
It is highly doubtful that the Pakistani government will ever co-operate fully with the U.S. strategy regarding Afghanistan, and highly likely that any increase in U.S. military forces will only drive Al Qaeda and the Taliban further within Pakistan’s borders.
No More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan
Once again, a line seems to be drawn in the sand between Congressional Democrats and Republicans. This time the issue is what to do about U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, and when to do it. Things were certainly not made any better by former Vice-President Cheney’s accusation that Obama was “dithering” in making a decision. To their credit, Republican leaders Orrin Hatch …
The Pakistani Aid Bill : A Line Drawn in the Sand
This week President Obama will sign a $7.5 billion aid bill for Pakistan, to be disbursed in $1.5 billion increments over a five year time frame. On the surface the bill is intended to be used for the construction of new schools, hospitals and other infra-structure development projects; however, beneath the surface the bill would require Pakistan to take military action …
