Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
May 25, 2010
Reality should be faced in Afghanistan
Plans made for Afghanistan by the Obama administration are not going totally according to the goals that were made. Maybe because in some cases they appeared to be more wishes that real plans for something that could succeed. In any case, the so much talked about ’surge’ has had mixed results. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
May 18, 2010
Will history repeat itself in Afghanistan?
This past weekend marked 22 years since the Soviet troops began leaving Afghanistan after eight years of occupation. The US and the coalition forces should be aware of that and hope that history does not repeat itself. Specially now that things are not really going that well in that country for the coalition troops with the rate of attacks doubling from a year ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
May 15, 2010
Mr. Karzai went to Washington
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai back in Kabul, many in the US are still wondering what those four day visit to Washington accomplished and what is the direction Obama is taking the country in the war he chose to fight. And specially what is he doing about Karzai. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 19, 2010
Gates memo about Iran
After disclosures were made about Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates having written to White House officials back in January to warn them that more options were needed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, people interpreted it as a possibility that an attack to Iran could be in the cards. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 15, 2010
How we treat our troops in the US
Is it a case of different cultures and their approach to death, to the way they honor their dead? It might be something of that but it is hard to believe that is the way it is. I am talking about the different ways countries which have troops fighting in Afghanistan honor their dead soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 25, 2010
Blair under citizen’s arrest
This past Monday while the former UK prime minister Tony Blair was visiting the European Parliament for a hearing on the Israeli-Palestinians conflict, he had an unexpected surprise. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 16, 2010
US special forces in Afghanistan
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 »
