Category: Pakistan
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 7, 2009 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Israel, John McCain, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Print, Morning Joe, New York State, Obama Administration, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans | 13 Comments
The current issue of Time Magazine has Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the cover, and an article by Joe Klein entitled, “The State of Hillary: A Mixed Record On The Job.” On Joe Scarborough the other morning, they discussed this article (major H/T to Bronwyn’s Harbor for the video):
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By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 28, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Florida, George Bush, John McCain, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Sexism | 82 Comments
Tonight kicks off the World Series. The Phillies meet the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, with the game starting at 7:57 (why do they pick such weird times?). The game will be broadcast on Fox (sadly - that means having to listen to Tim McCarver and Joe Buck go on and on. No [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 13, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, Pakistan, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, UN Human Rights Council, Women and Children | 23 Comments
Dr. Sima Samar. Now, some of you may know who she is already. For those who do not, or for those who are want to learn more, this is for you. (H/t to my aunt for sending me a mini biography on her, and to American Girl in Italy for mentioning her [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 29, 2009 in AfPak Border, John Batchelor, Kim Jong Il, Larry Johnson, North Korea, Pakistan | 16 Comments
(Bumped down . program concluded Sunday night.)
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John Batchelor’s show begins at 10 p.m. ET. Then, at 10:30 p.m. ET, DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show, via KFI 640 AM.
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By SusanUnPC on May 21, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, India, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | 8 Comments
First, let me apologize for the disheveled organization of this post, since I have a lot of incongruent pincer-like situations on my mind, but — nevertheless — I have been trying to stay up on the latest news coming out of Pakistan because, dammit, it’s so important and because most media aren’t covering it in [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 17, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Auto Industry, Economy, Pakistan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 56 Comments
“What Goes Around, Comes Around …”: First, the WSJ panel, aired every weekend, goes over the Pelosi mess. Then the panel gets into the bullying by the Obama administration of the state of California, ridiculing Obama for his, um, loose interpretation of the “rule of law.” It’s a great discussion:
BELOW, “the end [...]
By pm317 on May 16, 2009 in Current Affairs, Pakistan, Taliban | 15 Comments
If you find the title puzzling, I am referring to this from Steve Clemons post republished at NQ here:
One other interesting tidbit here in Qatar is that many Arabs who have moved in and around Pakistan believe that President Zardari is no longer “Mr 10%.”
They call him “Mr. 20%.”
It is difficult to tell who is [...]
By John Batchelor on May 12, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, India, John Batchelor (author), Pakistan | 2 Comments
The news that Lt. General Stanley McChrystal (three stars) the Special Forces veteran is replacing General David McKiernan (four stars) the AirLand veteran in Afghanistan is one warning light of what I learned from a variety of observers Sunday 10 — that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is not going well and [...]
By Larry Johnson on May 12, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Pakistan | 35 Comments
(Bumped up from Monday night.)
So, what does Barack Obama do with the military commander running the show on the ground in Afghanistan who asks for 30,000 troops but is only provided 21,000 (courtesy of Barack of course)? You fire his ass and replace him with a hard charging officer with extensive experience in military [...]
By pm317 on May 11, 2009 in Current Affairs, Pakistan, Taliban | 20 Comments
I saw this article in the Indian Express Online posted on May 05.
It is about time!
Islamabad:
A young Pakistani woman has floated a group on a popular social networking website to say “no to Taliban” against the backdrop of an upsurge in activities by militants demanding the enforcement of Islamic law in the country.
“This group [...]
By Steve Clemons on May 9, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Obama Administration, Pakistan, President Barack Obama | 8 Comments
Published at The Washington Note.
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Quite a number of serious and informed observers predict a spike in mass casualty violence hitting this week in Pakistan. President Obama is about to have both collective and separate meetings with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari — and many believe that Taliban insurgents will [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 9, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, India, John Batchelor, John Batchelor (author), Larry Johnson, Media, Radio, Pakistan | 3 Comments
BUMPED DOWN . TUNE IN NEXT SUNDAY!
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John Batchelor’s show begins at 10 p.m. ET. Then, at 10:30 p.m. ET, DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show, via KFI 640 AM.
Check out the full slate of [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 6, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 19 Comments
Hillary held meetings today, along with a press conference. In “U.S. urges cooperation against militants,” the Los Angeles Times reports: “As a summit with Pakistan and Afghanistan opens, Hillary Clinton expresses regret over civilian casualties from a military strike in Afghanistan, and promises an investigation. …”
UPDATE #1: Here’s CNN’s coverage of the press conference:
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By Patrick L. Lang on Apr 30, 2009 in Afghanistan, Islam, Muslim, Pakistan, President Barack Obama | 30 Comments
I have been asked to "put up or shut up" about Afghanistan. In other words, I have been asked to make clear my views on an appropriate US policy for Afghanistan. I thought I had done that, but, no matter.
I think that we Americans need to stop exaggerating the level of threat to the [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 30, 2009 in Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Taliban | 13 Comments
Besides the great news that the State Department’s blog, DipNote, has passed five million page views — how many of those hits do you think come from Hillary’s dedicated supporters like so many of us at No Quarter? – there’s this important story at the blog: “Question of the Week: How Best Can the International [...]
By dcmediagirl on Apr 27, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sharia Law, Taliban | 17 Comments
Co-Written with Nail ‘em Up
The introduction of the AfPak plan — so named because rather than focus on Afghanistan it also incorporates Pakistan and the Pashtun populated border — seemed a big step forward for the Obama administration. According to South Asia experts, this plan was bound to succeed and seemed to have it all. [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 26, 2009 in AfPak Border, John Batchelor, Larry Johnson, Open Thread, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Southwest Asia, Taliban | 4 Comments
LARRY JOHNSON’s SEGMENT CONCLUDED . TUNE IN NEXT SUNDAY, SAME TIME, SAME STATION, SAME LINK
O P E N T H R E A D T O O
John Batchelor’s show begins at 10 p.m. ET. Then, at 10:30 p.m. ET, DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show, via [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 24, 2009 in AfPak Border, Asia, CNN, India, Media Handling of Story, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Taliban | 40 Comments
The U.S. has spent billions to arm the Pakistani army and police, and contributed thousands of manhours training the troops. Yet the Pakistanis are sending in token police and soldiers to fight the Taliban, and rapidly ceding large areas:
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As I write this, the CNN video and transcript aren’t up, so [...]
By John Batchelor on Apr 23, 2009 in AfPak Border, Asia, Current Affairs, John Batchelor, Pakistan, Taliban | 67 Comments
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Taliban on the march in the fine Spring weather in the Northwest Frontier. The spotty reports from Pakistan point to a surge of Taliban aggression ever since the failed state leadership at Islamabad ceded control of the Swat Valley to the jihadists. The surge [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 23, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Taliban | 13 Comments
I treasure the Hillary Clinton who spoke to the House Foreign Affairs committee members: She’s feisty, focused, determined, no-nonsense, outspoken, nobody’s fool, and thanks to hard, hard work and burning of midnight oil, armed with a full knowledge of history and current issues at her fingertips. [Update: Watch the entire hearing. h/t B.] This [...]
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