A Reexamination of the Role of the Taliban in the Afghan Opium Trade
The New York Times' own sources belie its propaganda narrative that the Taliban is the driving force behind Afghanistan's opium production.
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New York Times Wants Karzai to ‘Remind’ Afghans of American ‘Sacrifices’
Perhaps if the Times editors did less lecturing and more listening, they would understand how phenomenally arrogant, ignorant, and self-righteous they were being.
More on the NYT Propaganda Narrative of U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq
The Iraqi people are overwhelmingly opposed to the continued presence of U.S. forces and want them to leave.
The Afghan Drug Trade and the Elephant in the Room
Vested interests in the US have a financial stake in preservation of the global drug trade.
Newly Disclosed Documents Shed More Light on Early Taliban Offers, Pakistan Role
U.S. government documents shed some additional light on repeated Taliban offers to hand over Osama bin Laden.
$1,000,000,000,000 Spent on ‘War on Terrorism’
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress has appropriated more than a trillion dollars for military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere around the world.
McChrystal’s Canning Served to Preserve, Not Shift, Policy in Afghanistan
Many analysts have postulated that President Obama's canning of Gen. Stanley McChrystal was compelled in part by a desire within the administration to shift the Afghanistan policy.
U.S. Military Funding the Taliban
The Washington Post reports today that "The U.S. military is funding a massive protection racket in Afghanistan, indirectly paying tens of millions of dollars to warlords, corrupt public officials and the Taliban to ensure save passage of its supply convoys throughout the country, according to congressional investigators."
Turkey’s Role in the Afghan Drug Trade
The "deep state" in Turkey has been implicated in the Afghan opium trade.
Turning “a Blind Eye” to the Afghan Opium Problem
The US government's poppy eradication makes sense not as a means to combat but to consolidate control over the opium trade.
Abdul Rashid Dostum Returns to Afghan Government
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reappointed Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as his chief of army staff. General Dostum, for those who don't know, is "one of the most ruthless warlords" in Afghanistan, and as a member of the Northern Alliance, a U.S. ally...
Afghanistan: Karzai Reappoints Dostum as Chief of Army Staff
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reappointed Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as his chief of army staff. General Dostum, for those who don’t know, is “one of the most ruthless warlords” in Afghanistan, and as a member of the Northern Alliance, a U.S. ally...
Afghanistan: Minister who headed ‘most corrupt’ gov’t dept appointed to ‘anti-drug’ role
Here is one example of the glaring corruption within the Afghanistan government.
The Mythologies of American Wars
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman repeats the myth: We had a civil war in America in the mid-19th century because we had a lot of people who believed bad things — namely that you could enslave people because of the color of their skin. The implication is...
Taliban Seek to Distance Themselves from Al Qaeda in Latest Offer to U.S.
The Taliban offered what was essentially a guarantee to prevent the return of Al Qaeda to Afghanistan in return for a withdraw of foreign troops.
Betrayal of Insurgent Defectors
The Washington Post has a story today on how the U.S. and Afghan government's plan to lure fighters away from insurgency is a miserable failure. Lured to quit the insurgency by the government's promise of a job, land for his family and an end to the misery of...
Examining Obama’s Rationale for Escalating the War in Afghanistan
President Obama's reasons for not withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan are spurious.
Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence Agency RAMA Is ‘to destabilize Pakistan’
In an exclusive interview, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul discusses 9/11, the war on Afghanistan, and the Afghan drug trade.
Clinton Outlines Continuation of Bush Policies Under Obama at CFR
In a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined the Obama administration’s foreign policy, which has been widely touted as a sharp break from that of his predecessor’s. Judging from commentary in the...
Iran’s Fascism, and Ours
Gary Sick at the Daily Beast explains how the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) have become a formidable power in Iran. “Technically,” he writes, “they take their orders from the leader, but has he ever dared to contradict them? On the contrary, he seems...
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