British Prime Minister David Cameron, in power since last May, arrives Tuesday to the US for his first official visit. In the UK there is a lot of expectation about the treatment he will receive by the Obama administration. The British have not forgotten the shoddy treatment the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown got last year during his White House visit. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday the country was celebrating. After all the depressing news of the past months, it was a kind of catharsis that everybody needed. Unfortunately the problems did not disappear and we have to continue facing them. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

The ancient Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan became independent in 1991. Since then political stability has been elusive and corruption a normal thing in the government. Thus Russia and the US were able to establish one base each in the country to use for their own purposes. Read the rest of this entry »