The Terrorism Issue That Wasn’t Discussedby Gareth Porter, CommonDreams.org In the commentary on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the news and infotainment media have predictably framed the discussion by the question of […]
Fueling jihadist sentiment
Spreading democracy by atrocity
Rolling Stone, iconic magazine of pop culture, presents a shocking Special Report, The Kill Team. …While the officers of 3rd Platoon peeled off to talk to a village elder inside a compound, […]
They don’t need us anymore
Harold Meyerson, an American journalist and opinion columnist, was named one of “the most influential commentators in the nation” by the Atlantic Monthly in 2009. Editor-at-large of The American Prospect, he wrote […]
Topicality is an illusion
Actor, director, writer, producer Jonathan Lynn is one of those Brits who thinks he can do almost anything in the entertainment business. And, in more than 40 years, he’s pretty much done […]
More Afghanistan, more of the same
I can’t improve on the reporting of ProPublica so click on the link and read Frustration Abounds With Afghan Army, Police Force.
And, the winner is . . .
KABUL, Sept. 20 — The big winner in the fraud-ridden, never-ending Afghanistan elections is turning out to be a party not even on the ballot: the Taliban. A stream of revelations about […]
Not out of sight, not out of mind
Afghanistan is a conflict that can no longer be out of sight or out of mind. Bill Moyers made that statement to Americans but it is apt in this country with the […]
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