Here are some most posts, taken from the Archives, that are worth reading for the first time or revisiting for all the good times you had the first time. Enjoy.
SCOTUS pick reflects Obama’s politics
Afghanistan’s no. 1 domestic enemy
500 words on: Iran and Mexico, and Democracy’s growing pains
Has gay marriage hit a tipping point?
Entries Tagged as 'afghanistan'
Old Posts, Renewed
January 21st, 2010 No Comments
Tags: afghanistan · gay marriage · iran · mexico · sonia sotomayor · supreme court
Obama’s Nobel Prize speech and the necessity of Just War
December 14th, 2009 No Comments
There was hardly any single way President Obama could accept the Nobel Peace prize successfully. His harshest critics are his compatriots, people who should be proud that their president is being honored on the world stage, but instead are ridiculing the prize and process. So when Obama accepted his prize on Wednesday in Oslo there [...]
Tags: afghanistan · just war · michael walzer · nobel peace prize · obama · reinhold niebuhr
It’s All Political: Obama’s Afghanistan Plan
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
It’s All Political is a conversation between the main author of this blog, Jaime, and a frequent contributor, Ashley. It is a commentary on the most important news, events, and ideas of the moment. Ashley’s blog can be found at Coffee Late at Night.
Jaime: Hi, Ashley. I think the important news this week needs to [...]
Tags: afghanistan · hamid karzai · mcchrystal
Obama in 2008 Op-Ed: “More” In Afghanistan
December 1st, 2009 No Comments
He’s never painted himself as a pacifist. You’d know that if you read your print media.
From a NYTimes Op-Ed from July 14th, 2008:
As president, I would pursue a new strategy, and begin by providing at least two additional combat brigades to support our effort in Afghanistan. We need more troops, more helicopters, better intelligence-gathering and [...]
Tags: afghanistan · nytimes · obama
In Afghanistan, it’s all about the numbers
November 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Let’s say you’re visiting Earth from another planet. You have no reliable information on what’s been going on in 2009. You read a hastily written and vague brief titled “America in 1,000 words.” Near the end, it mentions that there is a major war afoot, one the “wimpy Democrats are like really, really against” (I [...]
Tags: afghanistan · hamid karzai · War
Afghanistan and Iran Rule the Calendar
September 30th, 2009 No Comments
photocredit: The US Army (flickr)
Blink and you will miss it. Two of the most important foreign policy events this year are about to happen. Afghanistan and Iran are at the forefront of all the wonky talk, and for good reason. Last week, the drama at the G-20 summit left Iran looking more like the screw-up, [...]
Tags: afghanistan · ahmedinejad · iran
Soldier Objects To War Because Obama is “not a US Citizen”
July 14th, 2009 1 Comment
Breaking news: Our president is an impostor! US Citizen, ha! Fairy tale, America. At least that is what an Army Major claimed as his reason for not going to fight in Afghanistan. The fact that a “real” president, in that no one doubted his citizenship (being a WASP helps), started that war is not relevant, [...]
Tags: afghanistan · military · obama
Afghanistan’s No. 1 Domestic Enemy
June 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Meet the Haqqani network. They are sophisticated, with immense political influence and allied with the Taliban. Meaning, they are eager to destabilize the Afghan government.
They have tried (unsuccessfully) to assassinate president Hamid Karzai. They bombed the Indian Embassy, killing 41, and attacked a luxury hotel in 2008. This year, they stormed government buildings in southeast [...]
Tags: afghanistan · al qaeda · haqqani · pakistan · terrorism
