Category: War on Afghanistan
Headline Of The Day
September 29th, 2008, No Comments
Comes from the Daily Wail: Ant and Dec come under Taliban rocket attack
Withdrawing from Iraq to fight in Afghanistan? Hell-no!
July 17th, 2008, No Comments
Obama says he wants to withdraw from Iraq by 2010 to concentrate on Afghanistan and send more troops there. Juan Cole comments on how awful this policy would be and where it comes from: If the Afghanistan gambit is sincere, I don’t think it is good geostrategy. Afghanistan is far more unwinnable even than Iraq. [...]
Torture porn
July 16th, 2008, No Comments
During World War 2, Hitler and his pals liked nothing so much as have a nice little torture film after dinner, recordings made during Gestapo interrogation sessions. Would it go too far to believe Bush and Cheney may have done the same with videotapes from Guantanamo Bay, for example this video of the interrogation by [...]
Excuse me?
June 16th, 2008, No Comments
Gordon Brown, justifying the decision to send more British troops to Afghanistan: He said: “We have resolved, first of all, as we did some years ago, that it is in the British national interest to confront the Taleban in Afghanistan or Afghanistan would come to us.” Emphasis mine, obviously. The BBC doesn’t seem to have [...]
Stating The Utterly Bleeding Obvious Or Necessary Truths ?
December 11th, 2006, No Comments
I’m Spartacus, you’re Spartacus, we’re all bloody Spartacus, blah blah blah. Nonagenarian former actor Kirk Douglas, of all people, is attempting to rally world youth to sort out the mess his generation created: Kirk Douglas calls on youth to stand up and be counted Dan Glaister in Los Angeles Monday December 11, 2006 The Guardian [...]
Listen While You Die
August 7th, 2006, No Comments
Our troops may have insufficient armour and equipment, and may be overstretched to breaking point, but hey, at least their iPods are safe. It’s all about priorities, people: Gizmodo: YoTank Military Grade Mp3-Player Cases Surely everyone out there accidentally detonates their MP3 player from time to time, right? I know I do. The YoTank MP3 [...]
