All is not as perfect in Afghanistan as the military would like to be or would like us to believe. The problem is that together with the American conventional forces and coalition troops plus the Afghan troops, there are American Special Operation forces that are also taking part in the Afghan war. Read the rest of this entry »

This afternoon the action finally begins in the House and if things go according to the predictions of the White House and the wishes of the Democrats, it could be that America might end before Easter with a Health Reform bill. Read the rest of this entry »

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to be enjoying the visits to his neighbors. First he went to Syria and now he just arrived in Kabul, by a curious -maybe- coincidence just before the departure of the American Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Read the rest of this entry »

We woke up today to the news of another earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6. It struck eastern Turkey in the pre-dawn hours killing at least 51 people. Read the rest of this entry »

It would appear that in the push to win the hearts and minds of the Afghans NATO is taking good care of some of them, specially of those appointed as top officials in Marja, the area where the surge against insurgents is taking place. Read the rest of this entry »

During her Latin America tour, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, stopped in Brasilia where she did not get the news she wanted. Among talks of trade, which also did not go too well for the US, Clinton had hoped to get support from the Brazilians for a UN resolution on sanctions against Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

After writing about so many disasters, natural and man-made, I found some different news that could go under a Pet Politics category! Read the rest of this entry »