Tag Archives: Taliban

Kerry Patton

Taliban to Retake Afghanistan While U.S. Officials Still Proclaim Success

Numerous U.S. reports allude to mass success in Afghanistan. President Obama has even went on believing our successes in Afghanistan should permit U.S. forces withdraw. Several Generals and politicians on the right and left have swallowed the Kool-Aid publicly proclaiming everything in Afghanistan is just “peachy-keen.” Today, we realize our positive perception of Afghanistan is [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Sun Tzu

Audio: Congressman Says Releasing Taliban Prisoners From Gitmo ‘Big Mistake’

The Obama administration appeared Wednesday to acknowledge discussions about transferring some Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay as part of U.S. efforts to jumpstart peace talks with the Taliban after 10 years of inconclusive fighting. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said no decision about releasing any Taliban detainees has been made. But in answering a question [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
John J.  Xenakis

1-Feb-12 World View: Europe Considers a Huge New 1.5 Trillion Euro Debt Bubble

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Greece’s private investor deal is ‘one step away’ at more than 70%+ haircut Europe considers a huge new 1.5 trillion euro debt bubble Pakistan: more than 60 killed in fighting between military and Taliban President Obama admits to drone strikes in Pakistan Russia says it will veto Arab League resolution on Syria Greece’s private investor [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
John J.  Xenakis

30-Jan-12 World View: Germany Openly Backs Plan to Give EU Control of Greece’s Budget

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Germany openly backs plan to give EU control of Greece’s budget American embassy in Cairo shelters U.S. citizens threatened with arrest Competing Taliban peace talks begin in Qatar and Saudi Arabia Syria launches new military offensive as Arab League mission ends Syrian soldier recalls the 1982 genocide in Hama Hamas quietly abandons Syria Germany openly backs [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Diana West

Killing of French Soldiers Continues a Tragic Trend in Afghanistan

Another attack by an Afghan service member has killed four French troops and wounded 16. Reuters photo This brings my admittedly informal tally of the grim toll to 52 Western personnel killed by Afghan security forces in the past 26 months since the November 2009 attack by an Afghan policeman that killed five British troops inside [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Joel B. Pollak

Now Is the Worst Possible Time to Appease Iran

For the Obama administration, negotiation remains the eternal solution in search of a problem. It is desperate to negotiate with the Taliban, for example–a fruitless effort, Con Coughlin notes, since “Mr. Obama has already run up the white flag in Afghanistan by ordering the withdrawal of American forces to begin this summer–in good time for [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Secure Freedom Radio

Congressman Gohmert Cautions Against Releasing Taliban Leaders from Gitmo

United States House of Representatives Louie Gohmert from Texas just came back from leading important discussions overseas in defense our interests in Afghanistan. He starts by explaining the situation in Afghanistan and the incredible work the United States military has done by defeating the Taliban, and how the Obama Administration seems to discount all the [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Kerry Patton

Qatar’s Muslim Brotherhood Connection

The Switzerland of the Middle East or the Nation State of the Muslim Brotherhood? The small Middle Eastern country of Qatar ruled by Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is larger than life. Boasting the world’s largest per-capita GDP due to its substantial oil and natural gas revenues, Qatar flourishes. Home to Al Jazeera, indoor skating [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Niccolo Machiavelli

Something Is Working In Afghanistan: Opium Revenue Up 133%

From the Associated Press: Afghan entrepreneurs hard at work… KABUL, Afghanistan — Revenue from opium production in Afghanistan soared by 133 percent last year to about $1.4 billion, or about one-tenth of the country’s GDP, according to a United Nations report received Friday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said the price rise was due to a [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share
Robert K. Wilcox

Patton Urinated on the Enemy: Ridiculous Hype About Marines Video

The last soldier I heard of urinating on the enemy was Gen. George S. Patton. Should the general, who, as much as any other, was responsible for defeating the Nazis, have been driven from the military for such and act? You’d think so from the hysteric response building in the mainstream and Left-leaning press to [...]
Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | | Bookmark and Share