A Pakistani-American went to the Af-Pak border area of North Waziristan. He stayed there for 5 months and learned the rudiments of building a bomb. He returned to Connecticut and built a bomb in his home. He drove to New York City, parked his SUV in Times Square and set off the bomb. By the grace of God, the…
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Last Sunday, we watched the 60 Minutes episode Jihadists And “The Narrative” . In this segment, Lesley Stahl and her main guest, Majid Nawaz, met with students from Peshawar & Swat for a One Day Workshop for Tackling Extremism in Pakistan. The objective was to change their minds about the narrative that America is out to destroy Islam. In this meeting, Lesley Stahl…
This week, Matthew Rosenberg of the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about President Karzai’s trip to India titled Mr. Karzai Comes to New Delhi. In this article, Mr. Rosenberg described the competition between India & Pakistan for influence in Afghanistan. Mr. Rosenberg began by stating that “…for India – and of course Pakistan – the…
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Every Financial Television Network lauds Warren Buffet and invites him as a guest on its shows. This enables the Network to bask in the reflected glory of Mr. Buffet. As the most trusted name in Financial Markets, Mr. Buffet is also a huge ratings draw. So a Buffet appearance is a high revenue event for Financial…
Henry Kravis is a legendary investor and philanthropist. In 1976, Mr. Kravis with two partners founded Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts a firm that pioneered the development of private equity. In total, his firm has completed over 165 transactions with a total acquisition price of approximately $422 billion. Mr. Kravis clearly has demonstrated a great ability…
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Many readers might not be aware that the US Navy and the Indian Navy hold annual exercises called Malabar to practice interoperability and in pursuit of common interests. Malabar 2010, the thirteenth in the Malabar series, began on April 23 and will go on until May 2. Some of the earlier Malabar exercises included warships…
Recently, Evan Feigenbaum, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote an article titled Obama’s India Problem. Mr. Feigenbaum’s article does a reasonable job in outlining the many areas of disagreement between the Obama Administration and India. He admits that he, like many others, believes that the US-India relationship is drifting. This week, Mr. G. Parthasarathy,…