Is somebody recording the statements this week of Obama, Clinton, Gates and Mullen about how the troop surge will work? The latter three made specific statements today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the beneficial impacts … [Read more...]
Khazei at Harvard – Afghanistan Plan
I attended Khazei's speech at Harvard today where he announced his detailed plan for Afghanistan and the War on Terror. Although the other candidates have statements out about the Afghanistan, none of the other three candidates even … [Read more...]
A Plan for Afghanistan
Attending Veteran's Day services at Harvard yesterday, and seeing all of the brave young men and women in uniform, coupled with the tragic news of yet another Massachusetts soldier killed in Afghanistan, brought home to me in a very … [Read more...]
Malalai Joya in Boston
Malalai Joya, now 31, was the youngest ever woman elected to the Afghan Parliament in 2005 and is an outspoken critic of the Karzai government and NATO occupation. Press Pass TV caught up with Joya and supporters at an event hosted in … [Read more...]
What was that all about?
I've been thinking a bit about the recent terror raid in New York City. Obviously it's difficult to form a good opinion or talk too much about this episode because of the limited information we have, but I thought I'd try to post on it … [Read more...]
McChrystal Clear about Afghanistan
There's considerable concern too about the legitimacy of the regime after elections that were, to put it mildly, flawed. The Washington Post has an interesting exchange of views on its op-ed page. The proponents of remaining in Afghanistan … [Read more...]
Harvard Prof. Challenges Assumptions About Afghanistan
Leave Afghanistan?
This is certainly the experience of the more stable provinces in central Afghanistan, where leaders talk about the need to set off bombs to receive the assistance given to their wealthier but more dangerous neighbors. In a post titled, The … [Read more...]
What is needed in Afghanistan is WPA and CCC projects on a grand and glorious scale
What if the only reason the Taliban is fielding lots of fighters is because the Taliban is the only "business" hiring in Afghanistan? What if, instead, taking a lesson from the WPA and the CCC, and the reality that men will accept pay to do … [Read more...]
The Afghanistan Debacle
General Wesley Clark In an op-ed in today's <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/08/17/2009-08-17_obama_must_learn_from_vietnam_gen_wesley_clark_gives_the_president_advice_for_af.html?page=0">Daily News, General Wesley … [Read more...]