Tag Archive 'myths'

Counterintuiting the FATA

Posted first at Registan.net, the web’s best source of news and analysis of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
My friend Jeb Koogler and I co-wrote an op-ed in Thursday’s Christian Science Monitor, titled, “Myths in Al Qaeda’s ‘home’.” This matters tremendously as we ponder what to do (if anything) about the latest round of peace talks. [...]

Two Myths About Afghanistan

In the interest of sparking another weekend long 30 reply post, I present this Washington Post article by freelance writer Ann Marlowe who was embedded with the US forces twice in 2007.
To spoil the surprise,
The first is that Hamid Karzai is a good president who looks after American interests. The second is that the situation [...]

Parade of Fools

Behold the band of idiots.
JENA, La. (Jan. 21) - The residents of this central Louisiana town, who watched their community turn into a battleground over the “Jena Six,” will watch out-of-towners doing most of the marching on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Nationalist Movement, a white supremacist group headquartered in Learned, Miss., planned [...]