" Following President Barack Obama’s a war strategy speech Tuesday night, myriad observations surfaced about the way forward for the United States military in Afghanistan. Below are my Top Ten observations about that speech: 1) It took three months for President Obama...
Where has our outrage gone? There was a time when a crime involving children was cause for an outcry. The desire for revenge against the monsters that harm our children. But lately, it seems, as if a...
opinion by mshoffner | 4 days ago | updated 3 days ago 119 views | 52 recommendations | 5 comments
General McChrystal was appointed as the Commander of ISAF and the Senior Commander of American troops in Afghanistan in March of this year. President Obama announced his new strategy for Afghanistan along...
created by albertacowpoke | 6 days ago | updated 6 days ago 96 views | 30 recommendations | 5 comments
A story is emerging in Canada this morning which raises the question of what should be done with suspects that are arrested after causing the deaths of Canadian soldiers. Sgt. Robert Short and Cpl. Robbie...
Acquaintances and friends of mine that have had several tours in Afghanistan have long told me why they believe in this mission. Many of them have done the heavy lifting in Kandahar Province and have been...
opinion by albertacowpoke | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago 254 views | 46 recommendations | 31 comments
Plagued by accusations of fraud and ballot stuffing during the recent Afghan election, President Hamid Karzai was not seen as a viable partner for peace and cooperation in Afghanistan, The US Administration...
After a fraud ridden election, that accused Hamid Karzai supporters of stuffing ballot boxes and had his opponent Abdullah Abdullah withdraw from a re-run election, President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a...
created by albertacowpoke | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 146 views | 52 recommendations | 7 comments
After the recent spate of attacks and heightened security concerns the UN announced its decision to temporarily relocate 600 members of its international foreign staff based in Afghanistan. The international body...
This may be the major reason for Obama's delay in deciding what to do about Afghanistan. "When Obama stated that he was going to reach out to the Islamic world, he was not kidding. The weakness of Obama has lead...
It is official, President Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of, to say the least, a controversial fraud ridden election. His opponent alleged that there was ballot stuffing during the original...
created by albertacowpoke | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago 47 views | 6 recommendations | 4 comments
Although many Pakistani believed and have been talking of the Indian-US-Afghan nexus behind the spate of terrorism in the country during the past couple of years and were wondering why Islamabad kept mum over the issue, the Pakistani military battling terrorists in South...
The voting drama seems to be ending in Kabul, former foreign minister and presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah quit the contest, scheduled this week. This move removed the hurdle from the path of Karzai. Meanwhile White House approved the move. " President Hamid Karzai...
How easy it is for organizations potentially involved in criminal activity to register domain names for unlawful purposes? Just go ask GoDaddy. Genesmedia.com is registered with GoDaddy. But, when we checked, only the email 'info@genesmedia.com' was actually...
opinion by agora | 5 wks ago 101 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Using money to lure the jehadi's, strange. Person who takes oath to be a suicide bomber will take money.....surprising. If white house thinks so, it means they are using this ploy already.What is the guarantee the bribe to be good will go for good reasons. Or thay are...
FOX News has just reported an explosion and machine gun fire near UN buildings in Kabul. Afghan national forces battled militants, held up in a UN Guest House. 5 or 6 militants are believed to be...
created by albertacowpoke | 5 wks ago | updated 5 wks ago 173 views | 51 recommendations | 6 comments