Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

You searched for: label/Afghanistan

A counter-insurgency story

The Washington Post published an article by Nathaniel Frick, former Marine captain in counter-insurgeny training in Afghanistan, that makes compelling points. On a highway north of Kabul last month, an…

Al-Zawahiri Gloats from Afghanistan

Afghanistan-Pakistan border area. President Bush diverts resources away from Afghanistan in 2002 to go after someone not connected with Al Qaeda or the Taliban. So why does Dick Cheney think…

Afghanistan and news

WASHINGTON (Oct. 1) – The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he needs more troops and other aid “as quickly as possible” in a counterinsurgency battle that…