Category Archives: Pakistan

And the Dissonance Drones On, Endlessly

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “And the Dissonance Drones On, Endlessly”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail At Salon, Gary Kamiya opined Sunday that liberals have been “hypnotized into an endless dirty war:” (T)he majority of Americans, including those who were opposed to the war in Iraq, have … Continue reading →

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Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Marc Garlasco helped plan the shock and awe campaign in Iraq. As soon as the war ended, he went straight to the scene of devastation to work for Human Rights Watch, standing … Continue reading →

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Craptastical Thinking

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Craptastical Thinking”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSomewhere beyond magical thinking lies a special world of sheer idiocy compounded by crazy: The simmering strategic crisis between the United States and Pakistan exploded with full force on May 1, with the unilateral and unauthorized … Continue reading →

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The Way Out Was Through

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Way Out Was Through”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe biggest Taliban offensive of 2011 thus far lasted two days: Afghan security forces on Sunday killed a few insurgents who had barricaded themselves inside a hotel in the southern city of Kandahar, … Continue reading →

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Moshtarak = Cooperation

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Moshtarak = Cooperation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Huffington Post sees the Baradar capture as a confusing story about war fog: 10:39 AM ET — The fog of war in Pakistan. Joshua Foust at Registan.com masterfully highlights the confusion over a) … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan Preemption

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Afghanistan Preemption”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Around Marjah, a preemptive wintertime offensive aims to nip the rumored Taliban spring offensive in the bud. What with the successful arrest of Mullah Baradar, there’s been an unusually-high level of Pakistani-American cooperation lately, too. … Continue reading →

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Begging For Armageddon

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Begging For Armageddon”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI was catching up on the story of India’s terror alert when I spotted this buried far below the lede: The terror alert came just days after U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that a … Continue reading →

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PCCF: Obama’s Pakistan Policy

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “PCCF: Obama’s Pakistan Policy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCandidate Obama pledged to make nuclear security a key part of his foreign policy. President Obama made nuclear disarmament his central, long-term goal at the United Nations, promoting the security of nuclear weapons and … Continue reading →

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Divide and Conquer

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Divide and Conquer”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom Global Post: KABUL — Moderate leaders of the Taliban say they have quietly and steadily made progress in third-party talks between the active Taliban insurgency and representatives of the Afghan and U.S. governments. Two … Continue reading →

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