Afghanistan In Disarray? Blame Iran Even If It’s B.S.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that at the end of a bad month for the client regime in Afghanistan and the NATO colonial project in general, that the US…
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No, the Talibs Aren’t Finished.
As Canada's combat mission in Kandahar ended, Canadian commanders were busy patting themselves on the back and proclaiming the Taliban insurgency in that province "flattened" due to their efforts. Of…
Taliban Makes Itself Popular By Killing NATO-Backed Crooks
I'm sure there will be paeans of praise for the now late mayor of Kandahar, particularly in the North American median. The Globe & Mail, for instance, suggests that Mayor…
Flattened?
Kandahar brass confident insurgents have been 'flattened' The commander of Canada's last combat mission in Kandahar arrived home Friday, confident that his soldiers had "flattened" insurgents and put the troubled…
China & Canada: It Was Never About Human Rights
There's much foofaraw in the media about the visit by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird to China. Are we now neglecting human rights in the interests of profit? Have we…
Well Then, Explain This, General
When someone says, "who could've known?" you're entitled to take that with a very large grain of salt. Usually it's a way to dodge two other questions - who should…
Karzai’s Assassin – The Afghan Conundrum in a Nutshell
The guy who gunned down the brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai is almost a metaphor for what's never going to let us 'fix' Afghanistan.Two days ago, Ahmed Karzai was…
Canadian media’s narrative of the Afghan war suspiciously like a fairy tale
The Intercontinental Hotel, Kabul, as it’s supposed to look: About as real as Canadian reporting on Afghanistan. Below: Helicopters hovering, above the Intercontinental, as shot by Reuters News Service; in…
The Endless Two-Faced War in Afghanistan Nose Dives
While myopic NewsyDupes like TorStar's Rosie DiManno and that guy whatshisname at NatPo fell over each other gushing that Canada's "mission" to Afghanistan settled the Taliban's hash in Kandahar, events…
You Can’t Save Something That Can’t Be Saved
All the King's horses and all the King's men can't save one of the world's worst failed states, Afghanistan. The best you can do is perpetuate a failed state which…
The Disaster That Is Afghanistan
This week's slaying of Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a warlord/mobster with extensive power in Southern Afghanistan is a reminder that NATO and the Americans…
Karzai Brother, Ahmed, Bumped Off in Kandahar
The controversial brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been murdered by his bodyguard in Kandahar. Ahmed Karzai was gunned down in his home by one of his bodyguards who…
Afghanistan "Mafia" Boss Killed by Bodyguard
Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been assassinated.A known drug trafficker and underworld boss, he was also the man given a $50 million contract to…
This Is Not The Country You Have Been Looking For
You have to hand it to the propagandists in the PMO, with all their happy talk about our brilliant success in Afghanistan. They know how to spin bullshit. Just because…
On Wars Never Lost Nor Won
Did Canadian soldiers win in Afghanistan? No. Did Canadian soldiers lose in Afghanistan? No. How can you lose something you were never sent to win? Our military mission to Kandahar…
You’re not defending our freedoms
An Open Letter to the Troops: You’re Not Defending Our Freedoms: Information Clearing House: ICHStephen Harper, Conservatives and Liberals : you should take heed of this letter too. The situation…
A Sobering View on Afghanistan
This past week we were treated to punchdrunk praises of our success in Afghanistan by NewsyDupe scribes from NatPo and TorStar's own Rosie DiManno. According to them we had the…
Who Knew? Apparently We Won in Afghanistan.
It was just weeks ago that Steve Harper declared Canada's mission to Afghanistan a "great success." Actually he couched it by saying we had to "consider" our military excursion a…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Plenty of observers have noted the Cons' complete lack of a reasonable explanation for standing in the way of a global consensus to at…
Seconded …
To the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: I am writing to you as a last resort. I realize this is a very long shot, but I…