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*We’ve seen devastating car accidents and other catastrophes, but none so quite bizarre as the latest plane crash caught on video. A U.S. cargo plane crashed in Afghanistan Monday, and the devastating crash was caught on a dash camera. The crew that was lost in the crash included six members from Michigan and one from Kentucky, according [...]
*Delivering a speech during a Sunday ceremony at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama applauded the efforts of service members and celebrated the diminished number of U.S. military involvements. “This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Thirty-three thousand [...]
*The nation state of Israel is at the center of the most of America’s foreign policy problems and the war on terror as both pertain to the Middle East. The state of Israel, with its establishment in 1948 came at a time when the United States was beginning to step into its role as the [...]
*Last week I detailed the reaction of Americans to the comments of NFL running back Rashard Mendenhall regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. The number one concept to get from RM’s comments is that the United States cannot claim the moral high ground in this case. This is partly because it seems particularly inhumane [...]
*The first presidential approval poll since the killing of Osama bin Laden has just been released and shows a considerable bounce in the number of Americans giving him high marks on dealing with terrorism and the situation in Afghanistan. But the new poll, conducted Monday evening by The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center, [...]
*If there ever was an appropriate time to dance on somebody’s watery grave that time would be now. Osama Bin Laden, America’s iconic symbol of international terrorism, is dead. Once again the adage has proven itself to be true: The only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead. [...]
*It seems almost anomalous when Black men speak. If still waters run deep, so do the feelings of Black men. They are painfully and beautifully human. Too often their voices go unheard. And when their voices are heard, it is a rich and luminous moment, revealing the deepest insight of their experience and their passion. [...]
*Lupe Fiasco, an uncompromising lyricist recently shared his views about President Obama and the act of voting on a UK radio show. When asked by radio host Tim Westwood whether or not he voted for Obama in 2008, Fiasco responded, “Nah. I haven’t voted for anybody, for that matter, sticking to that.” He continued with, [...]
*President Barack Obama slipped unannounced into Afghanistan on Friday, one year after widening an ever deadlier war and just days before a pivotal review about the 9-year-plus conflict. Plans for a face-to-face meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai were scrapped at the last minute due to weather. Under intense security, Obama landed in darkness after [...]
*(Journal & Times) Over the past 10 to 15 days, the folly and near-stupidity of America’s war in Afghanistan has been dramatically revealed. First, we learn from a New York Times investigative report that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has been accepting “bags of money” from Iran – America’s arch-enemy in that that troubled region of [...]
*Afghanistan is in a state of turmoil that is an inversion of what we’re experiencing here in the U.S. Parents are grappling with their children’s growing gender issues here in the U.S., but in Afghanistan their economy and social culture demands that families bring more boys into the world…by any means necessary. According to CNN’s [...]
*American soldiers in Afghanistan seem to be in a no-win situation in this war. They may be over there losing their minds knowing that the people didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction in the first place. The remaining soldiers thought they’d have fun killing civilians and starting a finger collection though. Sounds like Vietnam all over [...]
*Sometimes (perhaps often) there are developments in the news which generate a lot of heat and controversy. But upon close inspection, you will frequently discover that resolution of the superficial controversy (the headline grabber) has virtually nothing to do with the underlying, fundamental which is actually driving the controversy. Such was the case last week [...]
*President Obama has confirmed that Gen. Stanley McChrystal was relieved of his duty as Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, and will be replaced by Gen. David Petraeus. Speaking Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden alongside Petraeus and Vice President Joe Biden, Obama said: “Today, I accepted General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as commander of [...]
*Before President Obama concluded his surprise 6-hour trip to Afghanistan on Sunday, the Commander in Chief took time to speak to some of the US troops stationed there. (Scroll down for more photos.) His bid to shore up faith in the struggle was aimed both at the troops who cheered him and Americans back home. [...]
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