Republican Contest: Battle Of The Scumbags
Where do they dig up these cretins? I mean, is it really possible that in the 21st century these guys can be the front runners of one of America’s two…
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Why No One Ever Wins in Afghanistan
Afghanistan defines the notion of “wheels spinning within wheels.” It is the very home of policy chaos where virtually every action invites blowback of one or more kinds, usually unforeseen.…
"Have a great day, buddy". Video of US soldiers urinating on Afghan corpses rocks the US. Right wing shrugs shoulders.
A video recently released showing US soldiers pissing on three dead Afghans has provoked outrage from all quarters. Except one – the right (emphasis mine). Not everyone, however, was saddened…
And, Speaking of Afghanistan
The War Without End drags on laboriously. The past few months saw a curious optimism about a political settlement between Kabul and the Taliban. That might have been premature. A…
My Canada Does Not Include Militarizing Canada Day
I have a great deal of respect for Canadian Forces personnel. I have generally disagreed with virtually every one of their foreign deployments in my lifetime, but that is a…
A Charity That to Improves Afghanistan Using Skincare
A bizarre title that’s for sure and it’s by no means an exaggeration. ARGHAND is working in Afghanistan and employing locals to produce skincare products that are all-natural and are…
US/NATO Attack Kills 24 Pakistani Soldiers
It’s a very scary incident, which makes America’s already strained relations with Pakistan even worse. Some Pakistanis are talking about retaliation, I hope there is none. Pakistan is a nuclear…
Lessons from Uzbekistan
The Central Asian states such as Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan often don’t get too much attention in the west. However, the region is both important from a geostrategic perspective as well…
Lessons from Kyrgyzstan
A year before the Arab Spring, Kyrgyzstan experienced a populist uprising of its own complete with violent conflict, from both the state and between ethnicities, and resulted in a change…
Unseen wounds are no less real
Two new studies of Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2008 shows the prevalence of psychological casualties in modern combat operations. The Globe and Mail reported that:…
The myopic terrorism lens
One of the main failures of western understanding of the Middle East and South Asia, and the subsequent failures of actions taken by the west in these regions, stems from…
He Said What?
Poor Hamid Karzai. The old bugger has to run the assassins' gauntlet until 2014 when he can step down and di di mau his sorry ass and his loot the…
Externalizing the costs of war in Somalia
Perhaps the epitome of a war that externalizes costs out of sight of the average voter is one where the voter is unaware a war is even going on. Such…
UN: Canada Prevented Torture
The Afghanistan war that has been going for 10 years(!) has caused a lot of horrible things to happen to all the belligerents. The American forces have been accused of…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…
The Sun Will Rise and Set in Afghanistan
Of course it will and, as surely as Afghanistan will see another rising and setting sun, so too will it see the resumption of its long-running and unresolved civil war…
Afghanistan: 32 years of Western-sponsored genocide
As the world marks ten years of war in Afghanistan, it is instructive to remember, as Michel Chossudovsky has observed, that the war started long before, in 1979, when the…
The West’s "Frighteningly Simplistic" Afghan Adventure
It's a solemn 10th anniversary for Western gunplay in Afghanistan. I'll call it gunplay instead of "war" because wars are normally fought to win and we've never been fighting to…
Top 10 under-reported facts about a decade of war in Afghanistan
Top 10 under-reported facts about a decade of war in Afghanistan | rabble.caExcerpt regarding "Women's Rights"The "women's rights" rationale has been exposed as a cynical sham. I'm not sure who…