The Bananastans, the banana republic-style tar pits in Central Asia that we've stumbled into, have rapidly become a bigger cluster bomb than Iraq ever was. At his Senate confirmation hearing, Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the "measure of effectiveness" in...
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‘Culturally Sensitive’ Imperialism
In Britain, they're getting antsy about Obama's war – the "Af-Pak" [.pdf] war, that is. Without the poodle Tony Blair to cover for us, Britain's ruling Labor Party – decisively smacked down in the recent elections to the European parliament – is grumbling...
Paranoia About the Pashtuns
Serial Warriors
COIN Meets Reality in Hindu Kush
Going Nowhere Fast in Afghanistan
The New Praetorians
Obama Looses the Manhunters
CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's refusal to share with other agencies even the most basic data on the bombing attacks by remote-controlled unmanned predator drones in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, combined with recent revelations that CIA operatives...