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May 1, 2025
The current president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, and his entire cabinet, including hisopponent, Former Cabinet Minister and Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, are weakand inept. This is not completely their fault. It is the result of a complex Afghanistan thathas suffered extreme damage to its governance due to war, invasion,…
May 1, 2025
By Patricia DeGennaro The author, a global affairs professor who has worked extensively in Afghanistan, talks to Dr. Masooda Jalal, a political leader and the subject of a new documentary. Her message: women must be involved in peace making; the Taliban and warlords are “only powerful because we allow them…
May 1, 2025
Feminists everywhere are justifiably enraged at the suffering of Afghan women. Following the Taliban’s fall, there was a rush to alleviate the plight of Afghan women and girls, backed by millions of dollars in aid. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Afghanistan has been overrun by hundreds of organizations trying…
May 1, 2025
I am a bit sad today. It gets tiring watching the rise in intolerance and anger that is happening in the world. Today, I read about two paragraphs about the people who died in the hospitals because they could not be evacuated during hurricane Katrina. The story was in Sunday’s New…
May 1, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to halt settlements, but continues them anyway in direct defiance of US requests. The US must take stronger action against the policies in Israel. It is not only US policy to solve this conflict, but it is in US interests as well. Palestinians are…
May 1, 2025
This outrageous behavior by the GOP coupled with their McCarthy like accusations of "socialism" is not only uninformed it is absolutely unacceptable. Do any of us really believe our school children will be brainwashed by the leader of the free world? If your answer is yes, you not only have…
May 1, 2025
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May 1, 2025
After being embroiled in years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans have nowheard of Islam's holiest month, Ramadan, which began on August 22nd this year. (Note:Ramadan is based on the position of the moon and may differ depending on time zone, sosome mark the first day as the…
May 1, 2025
Because the UN has long served as a valve for venting hot air, it came as no surprise whenMahmoud Ahmadinejad and Benjamin Netanyahu administered high doses of hypocrisyand self-righteousness to the General Assembly. We can only hope, when it comes to Iranian nukes and Israeli settlements, that worldleaders ignore the…
May 1, 2025
The current beltway dialogue is focused on the request by General Stanley McCrystal to send another 40,000 troops to Afghanistan. President Obama is meeting with Congressional representatives, Administration appointees and experts to determine if he should up the battle anti or stand pat yet there still is not a formal…
Tricia’s Take: THINKING BEYOND WAR AND VIOLENCE
May 1, 2025
My New Year’s Resolution: No to Nicking Knickers
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Remember when your mother told you to put on clean underwear when…May 1, 2025
Waste More, Want More: America’s Afghan Solution
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. In a time of economic hardship you can bet your bippy that…May 1, 2025
Are Israeli-US Relations at a Tipping Point?
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Closure of the West Bank, the opening of a new synagogue in…May 1, 2025
Bombers and Boomers: Everyone’s Angry at the US Government
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Faisal Shahzad’s, now famous for his Times Square car bombing attempt, recently…May 1, 2025
Israel Must Grow Up
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post This time Israel’s government has gone too far. The storming of a…May 1, 2025
Israel Must Move Beyond War
This article was originally posted on The WIP (Women’s International Perspective) Israel’s May 31, 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla in…May 1, 2025
July 4th: Time to Revisit America’s Mission
As I sit here and write on July 4th, I wonder how all my friends, both civilian and military are…May 1, 2025
WikiLeaks: Why aren’t heads rolling?
The approximately 91,000 reports from the war in Afghanistan that were leaked to Wikileaks.org caused cries of outrage. Unfortunately this…May 1, 2025
Mr. President, Take a Firm Lead in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan is now in its ninth year and it is really difficult to find any positive change.…May 1, 2025
Just Egypt or World Insurgency?
President Obama said it in his Cairo speech: “tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to…May 1, 2025
Netanyahu and the U.S. Congress: A Love Fest
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress this week to outline his plans for…May 1, 2025
Weiner: Not the only Weenie
Another day, another scandal. New York Representative Anthony Weiner is the next to decide to take the easy road to…