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Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
March 26, 2011

Westboro Baptist Church Foolishness

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I like to think that being black on occasion spares us a certain species of foolishness.  I believe this is the case with Westboro Baptist c...
June 28, 2010

After the Sacking

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McChrystal is out, but the war isn't going anywhere and the question of the day is what next. The respected milblog " Blackfive ...
June 24, 2010

McChrystal's Sacking Affirms Our Democracy

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General Stanley McChrystal General Stanley McChrystal was removed from his command of the Afghanistan theatre yesterday by President Oba...
April 21, 2010

Baghdad Politics and the U.S.-Iranian Balance

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By George Friedman ~ Honorary Political Season Contributor The status of Iraq has always framed the strategic challenge of Iran. Until 200...
March 24, 2010

The Netanyahu-Obama Meeting in Strategic Context

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By George Friedman ~ Honorable Political Season Contributor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with U.S. Presid...
March 10, 2010

Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S. Iranian Deal

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By George Friedman ~ Honorary Political Season Contributor The United States apparently has reached the point where it must either accept t...
February 17, 2010

The Meaning of Marjah

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By Kamran Bokhari, Peter Zeihan and Nathan Hughes On Feb. 13, some 6,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops laun...
January 18, 2010

On Timetables....

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Wow. Imagine that.  Taliban militants attack the capital on the day Karzai is swearing in his cabinet. Remember when Obama announced his A...
January 13, 2010

The Khost Attack and the Intelligence War Challenge

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By George Friedman ~ Honorary Political Season Contributor As Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi exited the vehicle that brought him onto Forward...
December 28, 2009

If the Taliban love their children too....

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Taliban fighters before they ever gave a damn about Taliban fighting from morphyne.com A reminder, in a world filled with war and violen...
December 23, 2009

The Iranian Incursion in Context

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by George Friedman ~ Honorary Political Season Contributor A small number of Iranian troops entered Iraq , where they took control of an oi...
December 21, 2009

2009: The Year of Obama

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By George Friedman - Honorary Political Season Contributor President Barack Obama’s speech in Oslo marking his receipt of the Nobel Peace P...
December 9, 2009

The Jihadist Strategic Dilemma

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By George Friedman ~ Honorary Political Season Contributor With U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement of his strategy in Afghanistan, ...