With America seeming to lose its prominence in the world, is it shocking to find the European Union and Russia starting to make securtiy packs? Friday, the Russian President , Medvedev, sent a security proposal to...
opinion by mshoffner | 5 days ago | updated 5 days ago 133 views | 36 recommendations | 9 comments
The United States of America is trying to persuade its NATO partners to commit 10,000 additional troops for Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region. President...
President Obama will announce his plan in a long expected decision next Tuesday, December 1st. President Obama will address the nation at 8pm EDT from West Point Military Academy. In his speech, which will...
created by albertacowpoke | 1 wk ago | updated 2 days ago 408 views | 31 recommendations | 31 comments
My daily routine is to read news on BBC and Telegraph. Today I found an article about Mr President's decision, that He wants to send 33.000 more troops to Afghanistan. Afghanistan needs help, it's true. But not an intruder nation on Their land. Something like...
opinion by jigo | 1 wk ago 32 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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 259 views | 46 recommendations | 31 comments
I thought that a great deal of time was spent on training the Afghan armed forces? Seems the Taliban have a very strong army if David Miliband assessments are right? " The Afghan government could fall within weeks...
It has now been 11 weeks since General Stanley McChrystal submitted his report and recommendations for a troop surge to the White House. President Obama has had at least five meetings with his National...
One more case of mistaken identity by NATO troops, unfortunately this mistake took life of seven Afghan soldiers. This incident took lace in western Bagdhis province of Afghanistan. It is not the first time this kind of mistargeted killing. Earlier NATO killed several in a...
Bill Clinton was a special guest in Kosovo today to attend the unveiling of a 11 foot statue in his honour. Majority Ethnic Albanians see Bill Clinton as a national hero. Kosovo, a former Province of...
"The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg of heavy dependence by U.S. and NATO...
NATO SACEUR’S ADDRESS AT RUSI: LESSONS FOR AFRICA
Kudakwashe Kanhutu
RUSI, Whitehall, London 2 October 2009.
Admiral James Stavridis, the newly appointed NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe made...
Suvorov's march across the Alps No Russian Head of State has ever visited Switzerland - no Tsar, no President. Are the Swiss on the bottom of priorites? The Kremlin denies this. Building on common ground...
It is more like Hollywood action flick, where commandos do the rescue mission. In a similar incident UK journalist Stepehen Farell, who was kidnapped on Saturday by the Taliban militia, has been rescued by...
The idea that a war can be won by means other than troop deployment, but instead with drones, missiles, CIA hit squads, and payouts to warlords in Afghanistan to distance themselves from Al Qaeda. What delusions are floating around America and Europe this week? It is true...
opinion by Bunk | 12 wks ago 73 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Several News services are reporting a tragic event in Kunduz which is in Northern Afghanistan. A NATO air strike was targeting Taliban insurgents who stole two fuel tankers. Early estimates...