Vegas, baby
I’m traveling over the next three days to Las Vegas for the NPPA’s Convergence ’09 conference. I’ll post when I can. Speaking of traveling, I leave for Pakistan on Monday. Things will be a bit chaotic for a few days until I get settled. Please keep checking back.
Mullen: Afghanistan is New Strategic Focus
“Afghanistan has been an ‘economy-of-force’ operation for far too long,” Adm. Mike Mullen said. “The Taliban, aided by al-Qaida and other extremists and safe havens across the border, are recruiting through intimidation, controlling through fear and advancing an unwelcome ideology through thuggery.”
Is Pakistan Coming Unglued?
The various Pakistani news wires are abuzz with rumors of crisis and brinkmanship in Pakistan. Some quick hits: The government threatened to prosecute opposition leader Nawaz Sharif for “sedition” if protests planned for later this week turn violent. “Sharif and other political opponents are set to join lawyers demanding the restoration of a former chief justice of […]
Opposition: Pakistan security has collapsed
How might the opposition react to the attacks in Lahore against the Sri Lankan cricket team? By making political hay of it: Opposition parties and other critics used outrage over the ambush as ammunition against the government. “The security system in Pakistan under this regime has collapsed because this government is too busy doing other […]
Where to get 600,000 troops?
Yesterday, Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations, said the current plan for the U.S. in Afghanistan lacks a goal and that 600,000 troops are needed to get things under control. “That’s what I estimate it would take in a country that size to get it under control,” Murtha said in an interview. Now, […]
Interview with the Taliban
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on May 5, 2009 at 5:45 am +0000 · Leave a Comment
The New York Times has a fascinating story today. It’s an interview with a Taliban logistics tactician the Times has been working on for six months. He finally spills the beans on the Taliban plans for Pakistan and Afghanistan, the strategies they will use and what they fear. He was clued into the Petraeus doctrine, used to good […]
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