Sunday, January 22

A word about the Saudis, for Rick Santorum's benefit

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In the November 2011 Republican presidential debate I quoted from in the previous post Rick Santorum said: So we can't be indecisive abo...
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Nothing has changed in Washington's approach to Pakistan; nothing can change. (UPDATED)

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Update Added widely publicized quote from Ambassador Cameron Munter about ISI connection with Haqqani Network as further evidence that Rick ...
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Saturday, January 21

Pakistan didn't punk America, Mr Goodman; Americans punked themselves

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In 1986, CIA deputy director Robert Gates ordered the CIA’s directorate of intelligence to provide no intelligence on Pakistani nuclear acti...
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Friday, January 20

Moo Shu Pakistan and Washington's Baluchistan Problem: Calling Samantha Power! Hello? Samantha? Hello? Hello?

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I was so depressed last night after I listened to 15 minutes of the latest Republican presidential hopeful debate that I went to jump out th...
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Wednesday, January 18

Did U.S. Dept. of State try to prevent Members of Congress from meeting Northern Alliance leaders in Berlin?

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That's the claim made by two of the congressionals in the delegation in their op-ed for the Big Government website -- and without going ...
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Monday, January 16

The Perfect Son and the Afghan War (Updated 8:15 PM ET)

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8:15 PM ET Update I added a few links and expanded and elucidated some of my discussion since I first published this post. I did so with the...
Sunday, January 15

Is Hakeemullah Mehsud dead again?

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He's been killed so many times I think Long War Journal's Bill Roggio has lost count lolsnort don't laugh Pundita it's not ...
Saturday, January 14

"It is a bold challenge to the United States and Pakistan to live up to their pious homilies."

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"This is the first time that the leadership of the Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara communities has come to a common line of thinking to oppose ...
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Tuesday, January 10

The straw that broke the camel's back

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"These days it seems that only Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum know that there is a working class in this country." Law Professor an...
Tuesday, January 3

¡Es pinche frío aquí en Washington!

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¿Me bromea? ¡Es 27 grados aquí en la capital de la nación y con frío de viento que es 14 grados! We're such cold-weather wimps in Washin...

Why were unnamed Pakistani officials in a chipper mood after a meeting in Doha?

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We're in the same boat if you want to know how reliable a reporter the shall we call ' colorful ' Pakistani ex-TV anchor Nusrat...
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Saturday, December 31

Is Pakistan on the verge of a coup? Plus, do Bruce Riedel and State Department know which side they're on in the Afghan War?

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From U.K. Telegraph report, US senators urge 'full review' of Pakistan funding , December 6, 2011: Bruce Riedel, a former CIA office...