Posts Tagged ‘Al Qaeda’

Could Sudan Be Afghanistan Part III and Iraq Part II?

In an Op-Ed for the New York Times, John Prendergast and author Dave Eggers explore a question they see as gaining increasing prominence within the United States – if the United States has the “ability as a nation to positively influence events abroad?” According to Eggers and Prendergast not only does the United States still [...]

Rachel Maddow : McChrystal Doesn’t Believe in Counter-insurgency

Discussing General Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow began to question General McChrystal’s focus on counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. Unfortunately for Maddow’s partisan audience, the tone displayed in her questioning suggested a lack of understanding of the situation on the ground for the Afghans and a dismissive attitude towards a legitimate policy created to ensure that [...]

Karzai Says “Welcome” to “Dear Taliban Brothers” at Peace Jirga

Speaking at the first day of the Peace Jirga at Kabul Polytechnic University, Afghan President Hamid Karzai addressed the Taliban directly, going so far as to refer to them as brothers from the same soil. Karzai’s rhetoric of fraternity proves all the more precarious as the Taliban launched an attack in Kabul as the first [...]

British Defense Secretary Called ‘Orientalist and Racist’ by Afghan Officials

In a statement to the Times of London, Conservative British Defense Secretary, Liam Fox called Afghanistan “a 13th-century country,” and went on to state that: “We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are [...]

Sarah Palin Equates God and Guns in Boston

Speaking to a 5,000 strong crowd of Tea Partiers in Boston on Wednesday, former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin made a speech in which she equated her freedom, her God, and her gun to one another. You know who else make public addresses to crowds of people spewing hate and anti-state rhetoric that equates [...]