Posts Tagged ‘Barack Hussein Obama’

Video : Tina Brown on Obama’s P.R. Crisis

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War, fame on 13 March 2010 tagged Barack Hussein Obama, change, Charlie Rose, Charlie Rose Show, hope, Michelle Obama, PBS, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown, Video, West Point with Comments

On a March 11 episode of The Charlie Rose Show, editor in chief of The Daily Beast, Tina Brown was asked by Rose what she thought of United States President Barack Hussein Obama.
In particular, Charlie Rose asked Tina Brown what she thought of Obama’s Massive P.R. Crisis and like many of the rest of us, [...]

Pakistan and Soviet Union Prove Afghanistan Not Vietnam 2.0?

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, india, pakistan on 12 March 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, China, Drone Attacks, drones, Hiranmay Karlekar, mujahideen, pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, taliban, The Daily Pioneer, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Viet Cong with Comments

Many critics have posed the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan as U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama‘s Vietnam – a quagmire he cannot win and will ultimately end up marring his legacy along with the reputation of the United States of America, however very few people have come outright to state that Afghanistan may not be Obama’s [...]

Matt Damon on Obama ‘I’m Disappointed,’ André Leon Talley and Grace Coddington on Twitter ‘Outdated in 10 Minutes’ ‘

In Afghanistan, Art, Film, History, Internet, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, War, fame, fashion on 2 March 2010 tagged @OfficialALT, Barack Hussein Obama, Barnes & Noble, Facebook, Grace Coddington, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Iraq, Iraq War, Matt Damon, New York Daily News, R.j. Cutler, Saddam Hussein, The Cut, The Green Zone, The September Issue, Twitter, Vogue, Vogue Magazine, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with Comments

Speaking to the New York Daily News, Matt Damon comments on President Barack Hussein Obama’s ability to deliver on his rhetoric of ‘hope’ and ‘change,’ and meet the public’s inflated expectations of his Administration.
Damon, like many others realizes that the American public put far too much trust and hope in Barack Hussein Obama, but in [...]

Times : Karzai Government ‘Is The Taliban’s No. 1 Recruiting Tool’

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, citizenship on 24 February 2010 tagged Barack Hussein Obama, ECC, Editorial, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, NATO, taliban, United Nations, Voter Fraud with Comments

An editorial in yesterday’s New York Times calls Hamid Karzai’s amending of the Afghan Constitution to give him full control over appointment of all five Electoral Complaints Commission officials in Afghanistan a blatant power grab.
Though Karzai’s representatives said the amendment was a bid got ‘afghanise‘ the election process in Afghanistan, however, the Times sees the [...]

Hamid Karzai, Accused of Election Fraud, Now Appoints All Election Officials

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, citizenship on 23 February 2010 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghan election, AFP, Barack Hussein Obama, Democracy, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, ECC, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Presidential Election, Siamak Herawi, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Voter Fraud with Comments

During Afghanistan’s second Presidential election this past August, the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (a body of the Afghan government) was exposed for it’s fraudulent practices that showed an inherent bias towards Hamid Karzai.
At the time, the Electoral Complaints Commission, a watchdog group whose membership was largely appointed by international actors, was considered to be [...]