UncategorizedThe Taliban: local or international threat (III)I believe the latter. See here and here . John Mueller disagrees : "Multiple sources, including Lawrence Wright’s book The Looming...
UncategorizedThe Taliban: a local or international problem, part IIFurther to yesterday’s post about whether the Taliban are threat to anyone beyond their home turf, Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the...
UncategorizedThe Taliban: local or international thugs?One expert describes the level of cooperation between al-Qaeda and the Taliban as ’very close’
OttawaIf it’s Sunday morning (II)A transcript of the Prime Minister’s appearance on Fox is now online . One excerpt below. WALLACE: You said recently that...
OttawaDefeatStephen Harper, Feb. 21 . "Well, I think a lot of people in the past have been suggesting that, you know, victory is the complete...
OttawaPsychic JackFirst the Prime Minister says the insurgency can’t be defeated, now the President says he might be open to negotiating with the...
OttawaThe Commons: Afghanistan, now with picturesStockwell Day: "We are just being brutally transparent"
OttawaWhat are we doing in Afghanistan? (III)A week after the Canadian government authorized military action in Afghanistan, the House spent a night debating the decision and...
OttawaCan you defeat an insurgency?Good question. Here is what Canadian Press wrote a year ago when Jack Layton suggested you couldn’t. ... the historical portrait...
OttawaWhat are we doing in Afghanistan? (II)Good question. A couple excerpts from Stephen Harper’s speech to the House when the Prime Minister tabled the 2006 extension of...