The David Ignatius Proposal for Af-Pak – Disastrous for both America & Pakistan?

David Ignatius of the Washington Post is an intelligent, thoughtful writer. He is one of the best opinionators at Washington Post, in our opinion.  But, we have learned that raw intelligence without knowledge and insight can lead to dreadful mistakes. Our maxim is that lack of education breeds ignorance and ignorance breeds cultural supremacism, a form of racism.This, we believe, is the hidden factor behind…

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Fallout of the Chicago Terrorism Case – India Revises Tourist Visa Rules for American Citizens

An American citizen, David Coleman Headley, has been accused of helping plot Mumbai terrorist attack that let 163 people dead last year, according to a Justice Department complaint. The complaint described Mr. Headley’s repeated trips to India and his visits to the sites nearly two years before the attacks. This case has been covered on CNN, Fox and even by…

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Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 13 – December 19)

Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to this series…

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President Bush Proposes & President Obama Disposes? India-Russia Sign a Landmark Nuclear Deal

The USA-India Strategic Partnership was President Bush’s vision. Like all his goals, he pursued it steadfastly. He succeeded.  Even the New York Times acknowledged the Bush success in its January 10, 2009 article titled India Has a Soft Spot for Bush. We discussed the New York Times piece in our own article on January 17.   Both…

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Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 6 – December 12)

Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to this series…

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President Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy – The Devil Is In The Implementation

President Obama’s speech on his Afghanistan Strategy on December 3 was probably watched by most of the world. The Afghan mission is simply that critical. This speech showed the struggle between Commander-In-Chief Obama & Politician-In-Chief Obama. In our opinion, President Obama’s decision was the only decision he could have taken to balance the political and tactical needs. We…

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The Battle For Afghanistan, Kashmir & Tibet – A Post-American Withdrawal View Of The Region

ProloguePresident Obama has essentially told the world that the American Military will begin its withdrawal from Afghanistan sometime in or after 2011. Clearly the date is subject to change based on circumstances. But even more clearly, the decision to leave Afghanistan seems firm. This is new news. Many readers may not be aware that when America toppled the…

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