UPDATED: By Denis Campbell
If you hold a passport from Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, countries considered “state sponsors of terrorism” or similar “countries of interest:” Afghanistan, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen… don’t plan on making your connecting flight any time soon to your final destination inside the USA.
The attempted underwear [...]
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Terrorism State Lottery Winners: Not Welcome in the Secure Homeland
Posted on 04 January 2010 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghanistan, airport security, Algeria, Amsterdam, Boston, Bush-Cheney Administration, countries of interest, Cuba, Detroit, echo chamber, El-Al, extra screening, FOX News, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, NW/Delta, OAG, Pakistan, Richard Reid, Saudi Arabia, Schiphol, shoe bomber, Somalia, state sponsors of terrorism, Sudan, Syria, TSA, US Customs, Washington DC, Yemen
We Can’t “Train” Our Way Out Of Afghanistan
Posted on 01 December 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghan War, Afghanistan, Charley James, Ramadan, Trained to train, Training
by Charley James
According to a BBC news report, last week in Kabul “an American service member and an Afghan police officer got into an argument because the American was drinking water in front of the Afghan police, who are not eating or drinking … because of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan … (The policeman) [...]
Obama’s Afghan Box Canyon
Posted on 30 November 2009 by Charley James | Comments (1) | Tags: Afghanistan, Charley James, President Obama
by Charley James
Anyone who’s been to Afghanistan knows that its eastern mountains bordering Pakistan are filled with countless box canyons from which the only way out is the same way you came in. They’re deadly – Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire in this nightmarish geography – because it’s easy for insurgents to rain [...]
The Only Way Out Of Afghanistan Is To Leave. Here’s A Realistic Way To Do It.
Posted on 14 September 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qeada, Alexander the Great, British, Charley James, George Bush, Graveyard of empires, Pashtun, Soviets, Taliban, US and NATO
by Charley James
There’s a reason why Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.
From the time of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan to the British, Soviets and now the US and NATO, Afghanistan’s poppy fields, barren plains and rugged mountains are filled with the ghosts and treasuries of would-be conquerors. Sooner or later, America, Canada and [...]
As Japan Goes in UK Labour’s Summer or Discontent - Is a Tory Win Assured?
Posted on 31 August 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghanistan, Conservative leader David Cameron, Daily Kos, Danyl Johnson, David Cameron, demconwatchblog.com, Diet, Expense-gate, fivethirtyeight.com, Gordon Brown, ICM/Mirror poll, Japan, Labour, Lib Dems, MP expenses row, Nate Silver, Nick Clegg, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Susan Boyle, The Telegraph, UK media, X-Factor
Last night Japan’s ruling party lost control of the Diet by a 3:1 margin. Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown escaped the UK and spent the weekend in Afghanistan. Is this where we are? The PM must go to a war zone to get some peace? As Japan goes, so goes Labour in 2010?
Mr. Brown has [...]
The Cone of Silence
Posted on 19 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 85 factual errors on the first 36-pages, Afghanistan, against McCain, aggressive, Andrea Mitchell, answers were focused, anything goes, appearance of taint, behave like children in a sandbox, bin Laden, bulk sales only, California, Camp McCain, candidate plans for energy, celebrity obsessed, clinton, country denied a real debate, Democratic pretenders, do what they do best in a sand box, fair play was a guiding principle, faux adverts, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, great noise and smoke billows outward, her attacks never stuck, huff and puff behind the curtain, hug, I am rubber you are glue, in a green room near the stage, in a motorcade, inside jokes, integrity, later corroborated, McCain, message of the day, most traction, NBC, needs to stop, number one on the best-seller list, obama, Obama as Moses, Orange County, OZ, painted her and NBC, Pakistan, Pastor Warren, pointed, President Bush, questions in advance, rules were followed, sandbox fight, seriousness and gravitas, showing depth, smear books, so-called authors, something to smirk at, spin, spinning out of control, spouting fear and bile, Swift Boat 527 groups, the 1st half hour, The Cone of Silence, the economy, the In-box is filled with hate e-mails, throw-away lines, trivial has become real, two factually correct statements, tyre gauges, un-American bogeyman is the flavour du jour, voluntarily placed themselves above any temptation or r, whined, ‘biased liberal media’, ‘straight down the middle’ reporting
It would be nice: if rules were followed… if fair play was a guiding principle rather than something to smirk at… if those seeking high office did so with seriousness and gravitas instead of throw away lines and inside jokes they think they can get away with… if a situation arose where the appearance of [...]
Georgia on My Mind
Posted on 12 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghanistan, Asian farewell tour, assert authority, Big Dog, Bushm, complete Russian control of Georgia, did it anyways, flick him like an insect, game over before started, Georgia, Georgian troops are outnumbered, human rights, Iraq, lame duck, message received, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, NATO, Olympic Opening ceremonies, Ossetia bombed back to the stone age, place the horse’s head in the film producer’s bed, President Mikheil Saakashvili, President Saakashvili, problem solved, Putin, reminder who really was in charge, Russians, Sean Connery “Untouchables” approach, seeking sanctions at the UN, shaky peace, shut up, slaughter, Tbilisi, The Godfather behaviour, the troubles, they put one of yours in the hospital you put one of th, Tom Hagen to kill the stallion, unwise to invade Georgia, US, vex his Chinese hosts, Vito Corleone, when elephants fight ants get killed, White House lawn
Memo to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: just because Mr. Putin looks comfortable sitting and waving at the Olympic Opening ceremonies, don’t assume he is not paying attention. Whatever you do sir, don’t mess with the Big Dog.
Your attempt to assert authority over your own land thinking the bored guy sitting next to him wondering when [...]
War ‘Cred’ Mojo Baby
Posted on 16 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1960, 7 years and 7 months, 9-11 perpetrators, a few difficulties, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Angelina Jolie, Austin Powers, bad mortgages, binding, Brad Pitt, Brangelina twins, Bush/Cheney, convention and 1st debates, daft dodging ‘pretender’ in chief, debate shift from trivial to real pain Americans feel, false pretences, fears will shift, fossilised war president, frequent flyer mile diplomacy, Hail Mary football passes, history will forget the previous seven years, ignore ‘mental’ recession, impeachment, inexperienced, Iraq, it wasn’t a mistake to invade Iraq, John Kennedy, Kucinich, Labour Day, made without consulting Congress or their parliament, major presidential foreign policy speech, McCain, McCain=Bush, media scrum, meltdown of the mortgage system, Mojo baby, nothing can go wrong, obama, oil, overtures to several Iraqi members of parliament, Pakistan, peace to the Middle East, Phil Gramm, photos worth $11 million dollars, progress, rattle Iran. magically produce the body of Bin Laden, record sales number of flat telly’s on credit cards, Richard Nixon, Saudi Arabia, sheepish Democratic leadership, six-years of war that never ends, smear machine, spun into a pretzel, stop agreement between President Bush and Prime Ministe, Straight Talk Express, summer vacation in France, tough offence, unilateral, war, War Cred Mojo, War Credibility, who cares, who needs it, who wants it, who’s got it
Yesterday the candidates fought before the cameras to show who has the best Austin Powers war Mojo baby (growwwwllllll, smile). War Credibility. Who’s got it, who needs it, who wants it? Who cares? We’re about to replace a draft-dodging ‘pretender’-in-chief who led us into war on false pretences and will do/say anything to show it [...]
My Plan for Iraq
Posted on 16 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Adm. Mike Mullen chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, American foreign policy, assume responsibilit in 2009, better intelligence-gathering, careless getting in, central front, diplomatic offensive, distracted, fight against Al Qaeda, flip-flops, foreign policy hostage, greatest strategic blunder, honest differences over Iraq, ignored useful debate, invading a country that posed no imminent threat, Iran, Iraq, Iraq’s refugees, it’s time to end this war, limited missions, Lt. Gen. James Dubik, making false charges, McCain, Mesopotamia, military overstretched, misguided desire to maintain permanent bases in Iraq, new mission: ending this war, nonmilitary assistance, opportunity, opposed the war, political progress, Prime Minister al-Maliki, protecting American service members, redeployment, removal of American troops, residual force, safe haven, safely redeploy combat brigades, seven years after the war began, spent nearly $1 trillion, summer of 2010, Sunni tribes, surge, surrender, tactical adjustments, Taliban, timetable, timetable to remove surrender, training Iraqi security forces, two additional combat brigades to support Afghanistan., United States, war on terrorism, will of Iraq’s sovereign government
By Barack Obama
Published: July 14, 2008
The New York Times Online
CHICAGO — The call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated, and that is [...]
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