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 almost four months since General McChrystal presented his report and recommendation for additional troops to President Obama, still no decision has been reached. Officials close to the President...
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"BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Defense ministers from NATO on Friday endorsed the ambitious counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan proposed by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, giving new impetus to his recommendation to...
Journalist and Citizen Journalist that write about Afghanistan from their office or home comfy chair can not really have a clue about the need to change strategy in Afghanistan. Even those with an ex-military...
In early March President Obama conducted a strategic review with of the Afghanistan Mission. The conclusion reached at the time was that a comprehensive counter-insurgency strategy was required. All but...
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There has been much discussion in the past week on what the new strategy for Afghanistan would be. The White House has now stated that leaving Afghanistan is not an option. A report, authored by General...
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Last week a report was leaked that General McChrystal, Commander ISAAF, had produced. The report indicated that, in McChrysal's judgment, the NATO effort in Afghanistan was headed for failure unless more...
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Yoram takes us on a history of the region and the definition of a Jewish State. Enjoy. " By Yoram Getzler WHY & WHEN THE “JEWISH STATE WHY A “JEWISH STATE” NOW? “Palestinian Future under Continuing Occupation and the Fading Realization of a State” (I would like...
Walmart came up with a new stradegy to bankrupt competition by being the world's largest retailer and their stradegy is called Project Impact. One of the goals are to have the stores less cluttery and more clean...
Acknowledging the Deception by J. R. Nyquist Column Published: 07.24.2009 Meet Victor Kalashnikov: former KGB officer, scholar, analyst, and writer. He is married to historian and journalist Marina Kalashnikova, the subject of last week’s column. Before the Soviet...
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Knife crime in the UK has been a hot topic for the last year with the government running a high-profile campaign to reduce the carrying of knives and deaths caused by stabbings. Figures released today by the Home...
Obama said a surgewould not be successfulin Iraq so now he istrying a surge inAfghanistan"When will the Obama administration stop transplanting the Bush administration's failed methods from Iraq to Afghanistan...
New strategy let's try to talk to our enemies. What's the worst that could happen? " Much of the progress in Iraq over the last two years came from deals with insurgent groups who had previously targeted American troops. Now President Obama is suggesting that the military...
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Republican Representative Pete Sessions of Texas: "Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban," Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. "And that is...
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No country would sit idly bywhile a neighboring countryfires rockets across the borderand kills civilians. Hamas is toblame for what the Gaza people are now suffering,." Day One of Operation Cast Lead was marked...