A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]
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US Troops caught up in ISIL-K – Taliban Civil War: Why it Proves Biden was Right to Leave
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera Arabic reports that ISIL-K (the so-called “Islamic state group” of Iraq and the Levant in Khorasan) claimed responsibility […]
What is ISIS-K, the Organization that Bombed Kabul Airport?
By Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines | – An attack on a crowd gathered outside Kabul’s airport on Aug. 26, 2021, has left at least […]
Biden says he’s prioritizing Human Rights, but is welcoming an Israeli Prime Minister who boasts about War Crimes
( Otherwords.org ) – Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the […]
Beijing in the Mideast: China’s Asian Infrastructure Plan and Turkey’s Black Sea Ambitions
By Emre Demir | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Despite mounting opposition from political and civil society groups due to potential environmental and political issues, […]
Perfect Storm: Hunger stalks 14 mn Afghans, 2 mn Children, from Taliban, War, climate-driven Drought, and Covid
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) announced a few days ago that 14 million people in Afghanistan are at […]
The Taliban Religious Ideology is Blow-back from 200 Years of British Rule of India
By Sohel Rana and Sumit Ganguly | – Following the Taliban’s rapid taking of power in what it describes as a reestablished “Islamic Emirate of […]
The Neocons Strike Back: Blair’s Carping at Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal is Spite that He Couldn’t Recolonize the Muslim World
By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The architects of the “war on terror” have hit back following the humiliating US […]
How can America Promote Democracy When the GOP Half of the Country Doesn’t Believe in it?
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – America desperately needs a dose of its own medicine of democracy promotion. By John Feffer | August 25, 2021 […]
Biden tells G-7 he accepts Aug. 31 Kabul Airport Deadline as Taliban, fearing Flight of Capital and Skills, Forbid Evacuations Thereafter
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Taliban have further foreclosed U.S. options in the current effort to evacuate any remaining Americans and eligible Afghans from […]
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