Posted on 30 September 2011.
Pakistanis come together in times of crisis like no other country can. Whether it be earthquakes, floods or war– the sons and daughters of the land of the Indus surprise the world with a show of resilience and fortitude that is unparalleled on the planet. Today they are pushing back against US pressure. Political parties [...]
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Posted on 30 September 2011.
American policy in Afghanistan suffers from pandemonium and chaos. Apparently the State Department, and the National Security Council, have been more keen on a negotiated settlement. The CIA wants the the war to continue for another six months to a year and they believe that they can physically eliminate the leadership of the Taliban. Congressmen [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, Uncategorized, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 30 September 2011.
Mullen played a dangerous game, and it has backfired big time. What a difference 24 hours makes. Just a day ago, Mullen was ruling the airwaves with all sorts of accusations. Bharat was having a field day, and the mice came out ot play in Kabul. It was a desperate gamble by a man who [...]
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Posted on 30 September 2011.
Within 24 hours of his bombastic bluster agianst Pakistan Mr. Hamid Karzai, the outoging Afghan president has abandoned the diea of peace talks with the Taliban. he now seesm to suggest that “peace can only be achieved by talks with Pakistan.” According the BBC “President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold [...]
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Posted on 30 September 2011.
After the SNAFU blunder where Mullen accused Pakistan of exporting violence to Afghanistan through proxies and charged that the Haqqani network, an al Qaeda-linked group, was a “veritable arm” of Pakistani intelligence–his farewell message was one of reconciliation and emphasis on the importance oo Pakistan. “I continue to believe that there is no solution in [...]
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Posted on 29 September 2011.
Admiral Mullen made a farewell visit to Kabul and avoided Islamabad in his “defeat lap” . The countdown for Karazai’s last days in Kabul have begun. Sequestered in his palace the “Mayor of Kabul” has neithre the support in Afghanistan nor in America. He uses US Marines as guards to protect him, because he cannot [...]
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Posted on 29 September 2011.
The United States had an opportunity to build new friendships, and influence people in West and Central Asia. It would have been easy for Washington to do so. In 2001 there was tremendous equity for America, both in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. America was very popular there. However the unnecessary invasion of Afghanistan, the barbaric [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 29 September 2011.
When Egyptians started gathering in Tahrir square some glassy eyed individuals began to dream of an Arab world which was free from puppets, despots, dictators, and potentates. However, little did any of us know that the Anti-Mubarak campaign was run by Twitter and Facebook, known instruments of agencies that wish to destabilize countries. We had [...]
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Posted on 29 September 2011.
Letter to America by alansaralhaq (alansaralhaq@yahoo.co.uk) America – Point the finger elsewhere for your failings and misguidance inside Afghanistan. One cannot call the other a Friend and then go about humiliating it. America was weighing up Pakistani reaction and response, had Pakistan humbled and behaved spineless then the great game would have become very costly [...]
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Posted on 28 September 2011.
Those whom the god wish to destroy they first make them mad–Alcestis (438 BC) It didn’t begin with the Haqqanis, or the attack on Kabul. It didn’t even begin with Operation Geronimo–it actually began when President Obama made the blunder of not visiting Pakistan and then going to Delhi. Trying to hide the failure of [...]
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