Posts Tagged ‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’

Will ‘Survivalist Stance’ Lead to Afghanistan’s Destruction?

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, History, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War on 6 June 2010 tagged Cold War, Dr. Robert Crews, Hamid Karzai, Jirga, pakistan, Peace Jirga, Saudi Arabia, Stanford University, Survivalist, taliban, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR with 2 comments

In an article about Afghan women and re-integration of the Taliban,Salon.com says “The Guardian has reported that many women in Afghanistan welcome this policy change toward the Taliban.” In response, Stanford Professor Robert Crews states: What’s clear is that more and more people are simply fed up with war. That doesn‘t make one “pro” or [...]

Pakistan and Soviet Union Prove Afghanistan Not Vietnam 2.0?

In Afghanistan, History, india, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War 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 no 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 [...]

BNW on AU Observer Afghanistan Panel

In Afghanistan, DC, History, Iraq, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War on 10 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan election, Afghanistan, American University, AU Observer, Azizullah Lodin, Azizullah Ludin, Barack Hussein Obama, Burhanuddin Rabbani, CIA, Civilan Surge, Counter-Insurgency, Counterterrorism, DC, Democracy, donald rumsfeld, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Ramazan Bashardost, George W. Bush, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Insurgency, Insurgents, Iraq, Kabul, Malalai Joya, Mullah Omar, NATO, Osama Bin Laden, Politics, Qasim Fahim, Rawa, run-off, runoff election, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Soviet Union, taliban, The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Tora Bora, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Nations, USSR, Ustream, Veterans, Video, Vietnam, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with 2 comments

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

In citizenship, fame, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV 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 no 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“

Ticking or Ringing, the Clock in Afghanistan is Nothing Without a Message

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, Twitter, War on 30 August 2009 tagged @Kabulistan, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Alexander the Great, Bactria, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Cold War, Defense Secretary, Kabul, LA Times, Los Angeles Times, pakistan, Robert M. Gates, Russia, Silk Road, Stephen Biddle, taliban, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States of America, USSR with no comments

Whether the clock in Afghanistan is ticking, as the LA Times seems to suggest, or already ringing as @Kabulistan states, it doesn’t entirely matter because the United States has yet to come up with a correct strategy to ‘Get Afghanistan Right.’ Moreover, the United States government has yet to present a compelling reason to the [...]