Uncle Bob Wants You
Uncle Bob Gates wants more young people to join the military. In a Sept. 29 speech at Duke University, Defense Secretary Gates asked students, “If America's best and brightest will not step forward, who will?” The likes of you, Uncle Bob, that's who. By way of...
US Still Taking a Hard Line on Peace Talks with Taliban
Following serious setbacks to the U.S. military's war plan in Afghanistan, the Barack Obama administration has taken the first tentative step toward a negotiated settlement of the conflict by actively seeking to ascertain the willingness of the Taliban to enter into...
Drone Warfare on Trial
Invading Pakistan
Rise in Af-Pak Cross-Border Attacks Spurs Backlash
The steady increase in U.S. cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into the frontier areas of Pakistan – whether by drone missiles or attack helicopters – is causing a serious backlash from both the region's residents and Islamabad's government and military leadership....
US Boosts Aid Amid Doubts About Pakistan’s Recovery
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has announced it will provide an additional 75 million dollars in food aid to help Pakistan cope with floods that have affected about one-fifth of the country – including some 20 million people – since they began in...
For Afghan Refugees, Polls Are Far and Near
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Afghan voters just went to national parliamentary elections, but refugees from that country here in neighboring Pakistan could only rue the fact that they have been left out of this vote. Some 2 million Afghans living overseas in Pakistan and Iran...
The Indefensible Drones: A Ground Zero Reflection
What to Do About the Wars
As President Obama pooh-poohed as old news the many WikiLeaks documents showing the sad state of the conflict in Afghanistan, the chief executive also began an entire month of crowing about keeping his campaign promise to “bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end.”...
