Comments on: 4 US Troops Killed by Taliban; India Pressures US to Stay in Afghanistan http://www.juancole.com/2009/11/4-us-troops-killed-by-taliban-india.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/11/4-us-troops-killed-by-taliban-india.html#comment-921 Anonymous Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:54:47 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4795#comment-921 "If that is so, Gen. Stanley McChrystal has won the struggle for policy decisively."<br /><br />So Obama is doing exactly what he promised to do during the election...<br /><br />Remember that escalating the Afghan War was a campaign promise blithely ignored by his "progressive" supporters. "If that is so, Gen. Stanley McChrystal has won the struggle for policy decisively."

So Obama is doing exactly what he promised to do during the election…

Remember that escalating the Afghan War was a campaign promise blithely ignored by his "progressive" supporters.

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November 24, 2009

Report Starts an Uproar in India
By LYDIA POLGREEN

The report on the 1992 destruction of a mosque by a Hindu mob found that the event had been given implicit approval by India’s right wing BJP party.

[Indian extreme prejudice, now dictating American policy.]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/11/4-us-troops-killed-by-taliban-india.html#comment-914 Anonymous Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:27:54 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4795#comment-914 Juan Cole,<br /><br />On one hand you mention Manmohan Singh's caution "... that if Taliban and Al Qaedea ... succeed in Afghanistan..." the result would be "catastrophic" not only for Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the whole South Asia and on the other you quote Saleem Safi's (Pashtun) opinion that US troops are failing in Afghanistan, because they're taking sun baths. Professor, what is more "catastrophic", kids throwing stones at stupid, uncultured soldiers or religious fanatics blowing themselves and others up in the name of Allah ? <br /><br />James Sexton Juan Cole,

On one hand you mention Manmohan Singh's caution "… that if Taliban and Al Qaedea … succeed in Afghanistan…" the result would be "catastrophic" not only for Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the whole South Asia and on the other you quote Saleem Safi's (Pashtun) opinion that US troops are failing in Afghanistan, because they're taking sun baths. Professor, what is more "catastrophic", kids throwing stones at stupid, uncultured soldiers or religious fanatics blowing themselves and others up in the name of Allah ?

James Sexton

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/11/4-us-troops-killed-by-taliban-india.html#comment-912 Anonymous Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:23:46 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4795#comment-912 Despite what India says about wanting Pakistan to be stabilized, India likes to see its neighbor being turned upside by the US presence in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Arundhati Roy's great new book Field Notes on Democracy provides a brilliant political analysis of India. She is Indian and lives in Delhi. This book will explain the entire scene from the India point of view. A MUST READ ! Despite what India says about wanting Pakistan to be stabilized, India likes to see its neighbor being turned upside by the US presence in Afghanistan.

Arundhati Roy's great new book Field Notes on Democracy provides a brilliant political analysis of India. She is Indian and lives in Delhi. This book will explain the entire scene from the India point of view. A MUST READ !

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