Via Unqualified Offerings, here is an excerpt from the Washington Post. Col. David Hogg, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, said tougher methods are being used to gather the intelligence. On Wednesday night, he said, his troops picked up the wife and daughter of an Iraqi lieutenant general. They left a… Continue reading I am Speechless
Category: International Affairs
Pakistan and Afghanistan
This random rant is brought to you courtesy of Tacitus: Pakistan itself, meanwhile, is happily engaging in its national pasttime of effectively ignoring its extremists and conducting small-scale aggression against its neighbors. Is Islamabad an ally? I guess if Riyadh is, sure. And I deserved to get hit, because he works hard and I didn’t… Continue reading Pakistan and Afghanistan
Israel and Pakistan – A Report
Google is great; it’s amazing what you can find while looking through your referral logs. I have gotten quite a few visits who were searching for Israel and Pakistan. My post about Pakistani recognition of Israel is #5 on Google. While looking through the search results, I noticed a report Beyond the Veil: Israel-Pakistan Relations… Continue reading Israel and Pakistan – A Report
Yellowcake and Moussaoui
No, I am not trying to link the two. These are the big news in recent days. I thought about blogging about them, but I don’t have anything original to say and lots of bloggers have already posted about it. The blog central for information on the Bush claim that Iraq was trying to get… Continue reading Yellowcake and Moussaoui
Palestinian Right of Return
An interesting opinion poll of Palestinian refugees gives some hope on this intractable issue. In a broad, detailed survey, Dr. Shikaki’s [director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research] researchers questioned 4,500 refugee families living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan and Lebanon. More than 95 percent of them insisted that… Continue reading Palestinian Right of Return
Bush on Slavery
It’s not often that I agree with President Bush or praise him, but his speech in Senegal about slavery is pretty good. For 250 years the captives endured an assault on their culture and their dignity. The spirit of Africans in America did not break. Yet the spirit of their captors was corrupted. Small men… Continue reading Bush on Slavery
It’s snowing in Iraq
Denmark’s troops in Iraq may dream of the frost of a Scandinavian winter on days when the temperature rises to a blistering 46 degrees. But many may have been wondering if the military back home really had to rub it in when a recent supply shipment turned up a snowplough and a stock of salt… Continue reading It’s snowing in Iraq
No Recognition of Israel
See my previous post for background on this issue. It seems like General Musharraf is backpedalling on recognizing Israel. President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday categorically stated that recognition of Israel by Pakistan is neither on the cards nor is such an eventuality likely to take place in the near future. He said this could only… Continue reading No Recognition of Israel
Israel and Pakistan
The Head Heeb reminds me of the recent signals that Pakistan might establish relations with Israel. Pakistan President General Musharraf hinted about recognizing Israel in an interview to GeoTV. He said in view of the changing international scenario Pakistan has to consider whether its Israel policy needs review or not. He said this issue be… Continue reading Israel and Pakistan
Global Attitudes
I blogged some time ago on last year’s global attitudes survey here. Now, they have a new survey out (full report here, summary here). It seems that the trust between US and Europe has gone down as a result of the disagreement over the Iraq war. The view of the US is now less favorable,… Continue reading Global Attitudes