What led to the misery and instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan? And more importantly, what will end it?
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All politics is local: Al-Qa’eda and the Afghanistan War |
| By: Josh Mull Thursday July 1, 2010 4:17 pm |
As pressure to end the war builds in Washington, supporters of the war in Afghanistan will invariably return to their strongest argument: the threat of Al-Qa’eda. However, a reasonable understanding of the terrorist organization shows that even Al-Qa’eda is not enough to justify a bloody and expensive occupation.
“Democratic Discourse”: Reflections in the Pakistani Mirror |
| By: Josh Mull Saturday June 5, 2010 5:00 pm |
Examining the extremism in both American and Pakistani political discourse.
Extremism and Suffering Children |
| By: U2Cox Monday June 15, 2009 6:43 am |
What does a shootout at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., the confessions of a Khmer Rouge jailer and the murder of a Kansas medical doctor have in common? The answer is “children,” and how they suffer from being targeted and used by extremists to advance their own hateful agendas.
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