Occasionally a New York Times writer like Mark Landler will be permitted to step up to the plate and write a sensible article about President “No Guts Obama” and how he caved in to folks whom he lacked the political courage to cross. Landler’s Jan. 1 article shows, among other things, how Obama’s bowing to heavyweights like Gen….
The US is drawing down in Afghanistan. When the Soviets drew down in Afghanistan, this is what happened to their Kabul client: Embarrassing. To be avoided. So the Obama administration is doing all it can to ensure the continued survival and viability of the Ghani administration in Kabul. Even though the Taliban is feeling its…
It’s no wonder that numerous media outlets across the globe have been naming Barack Obama a warmonger, since has been at war longer than any president in United States history. He has been stuck in several armed conflicts throughout his two terms, as well as in scores of endless wars of attrition, which is rather…
There was one word missing from Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s speech at the “Heart of Asia” conference at Amritsar concerning Afghan security and Pakistan. So let me say it: ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChina The last few months have seen Ghani and the US government working assiduously to construct a “light at the end of the tunnel” narrative foretelling…
Having dumped hundreds of millions of dollars over the last decade-plus creating an air force for Afghanistan, the Pentagon is looking to virtually re-do the entire scheme, proposing another $814 million to replace the Russian-made helicopters the US bought with American-made Black Hawk helicopters. Afghanistan’s remnant air force at the start of the US occupation included…
It goes without saying that Afghanistan has a special geopolitical, geo-strategic and geo-economic importance, that is why its territory has become an arena of bitter rivalry between various external and internal forces. This country has gained particular importance in the regional and global game amid the background of its neighbors, namely Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, having…
