Posts Tagged ‘international affairs’

Video : Lara Logan Brings Intelligence to Afghanistan Debate

In Afghanistan, History, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 22 December 2009 tagged 60 Minutes, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, CBS News, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Graveyard of Empires, Helmand, international affairs, Kabul, Korean War, Lara Logan, Military, NATO, Obama Administration, Obama's Vietnam, Osama Bin Laden, pregnancy, Spanish American War, Stephen Colbert, taliban, terrorism, The Colbert Report, Troop Surge, Video, Vietnam War, War with View Comments

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was on the Colbert Report earlier this month to speak on Barack Obama’s then newly announced U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. Logan deflected Colbert’s questions with intelligence that took the simple human elements of daily life and the complexities of the situation in Afghanistan into account. Unlike many pundits speaking [...]

Video : Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show

In Crime, History, Iran, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, TV, War, citizenship, religion on 29 October 2009 tagged Anna Baltzer, Arab, audience interaction, books, Christian, Comedy Central, Desmond Tutu, Disney, Divestment, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, exclusives, Fatah, Hamas, History, Human Rights, international affairs, Interview, Iran, Islamic, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish, Joe Wilson, Jon Stewart, Judaism, Liar, Mahatma Gandhi, media, Mickey Mouse, Middle East, Minister of Information, Mustafa Barghouti, Nelson Mandela, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Peace, Sanctions, segregation, Settlements, The Daily Show, United States of America, Video, Violence with View Comments

In a completely un-edited interview, Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss Palestinian-Israeli non-violent cooperation groups and the future of both Israel and occupied Palestine. Stewart did not let down on Baltzer and Dr. Barghouti addressing specifically Palestinian propaganda, Israel as an Arab scape goat, and the the disproportionate [...]