Posts Tagged ‘Cold War’

Gorbachev : In Russian ‘Best Interest to Counter’ Afghan Threats

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, pakistan on 5 February 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev, New York Times, pakistan, Perestroika, Russia, September 11, Soviet Union, taliban with Comments

Former leader of the Soviet Union (and one time Louis Vuitton coverboy), Mikhail Gorbachev published an Op/Ed in the February 04, 2010 issue of the New York Times. In it, Gorbachev details U.S., Soviet and Pakistani involvement in Afghanistan since the 1979 Soviet invasion of the Central Asian nation.
The justification Gorbachev attributes to the Soviet [...]

Video : Karmaloop TV Breaks Down Afghan History, INCREDIBLY WELL

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War, citizenship, pakistan on 10 December 2009 tagged 1979, Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Al Qaeda, Arab, Bamyan, Barack Hussein Obama, Buddha, CIA, Cold War, Hafizullah Amin, Hamid Karzai, Hazara, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISI, Islamist, Jimmy Carter, Kabul, Karmaloop, Karmaloop TV, Lion of Panjshir, Mohammad Najibullah, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Mujhaideen, Mullah Omar, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, Pashtun, Saudia Arabia, Soviet Union, Tajik, taliban, Troop Surge, United Front, Vietnam, West Point with Comments

Amazing, detailed, informative breakdown of the history of Afghanistan. Oh yea, also the host is hot.
“Our lack of attention again allowed the bearded boys from the Dark Ages to re-assert control and give us a real run for our money. Which they’re still doing today.”

Video : George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev on Fall of Berlin Wall ‘It Wouldn’t Have Been Prudent to Celebrate’

In History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, citizenship, fame on 6 November 2009 tagged Al Jazeera English, Berlin Wall, Cold War, David Frost, east germany, Fall of the Berlin Wall, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Germany, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, prudent, Reunification of Germany, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, Video, West Germany, Youtube with Comments

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Al Jazeera English’s David Frost sat down with former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev:
“I always thought that History was a very fickle lady“

Ron Paul U.S. Only in Afghanistan ‘To Save Face’

In Afghanistan, History, Iran, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, War, india, pakistan on 15 October 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, al qaida, China, Cold War, india, Iran, Iraq Wae, Obama's Quagmire, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, Ron Paul, Soviet Union, taliban with Comments

First off, allow me to answer a few questions for the good Congressman:
• The reason the United States needs more than 10,000 troops in 2009 is because the War in Iraq and un-checked, corrupt Afghan government have allowed the Taliban to reconstitute themselves in Afghanistan. Also, Congressman Paul’s statements about the increasing deaths due to [...]

Taliban Using Children as Unwitting Terrorists

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, War on 15 October 2009 tagged Children, Cold War, Khost, Mujhaideen, NATO, Soviet Union, taliban, terrorist, Twitter, U.S. forces, U.S. Soldiers with Comments

This reminds me of hearing Cold War era tales as a young Afghan immigrant of bombs hidden in children’s toys, a tactic whose blame was placed on both sides without a truly clear answer of whether the Soviets or the Mujhaideen were behind it.
The more contemporary case proves a much greater threat both to the [...]