Massoud Hossaini Wins A Pulitzer

Aftermath of a suicide bomber attack in Afghanistan. Mixed feelings on this "Win"...

UK Marines Shot By Afghan Soldier

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17510491

I thought they were mad at Americans?  We need to pull out and cut them off.  Leave a Special Forces anti-terrorist unit to run the drones with the CIA.  No more patrolling/mixing with the Afghan Army.

Kabul Afghanistan

The show The World had a cool story about the city. I can only hope talks with the Taliban work out..

http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/david-gill-afghanistan-profile/

Brit Security Forces in Afghanistan Busted With Machine Guns

Lots of Ak-47s.  What the hell is going on over there??

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-arrests-british-afghan-security-contractors-over-cache-of-weapons/2012/01/05/gIQAw7mScP_story.html

Afghanistan

A side of the country you won't see anywhere else;

Survive Recover Live

Afghanistan US Embassy Attack

Raw video.

Afghanistan Is A Failure

Militants hang an 8 year old boy?? FUCK YOU!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/afghanistan.militants.hang.boy/index.html

Afghanistan Is Going Great! (NOT)

The head of the Central Bank (Abdul Qadeer Fitrat) fled the country, because he was calling people out on corrution, then they wanted to kill him:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13935876

Then Karzai tosses out 1/4 of Parlaiment (totally against their Constitution) using a special court. The court tells press that other countries should not meddle in Afghan business:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0623/Court-s-fraud-ruling-throws-Afghan-parliament-into-turmoil

Me, I just wonder why the fuck we are still there?? They are all corrupt, they won't learn. Train up the Army and get the hell out...

To Kill A Sniper

Sometimes you make a target of yourself..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8379544/Paras-play-deadly-game-to-draw-out-Taliban-sniper.html

Last US "Combat" Troops Leave Iraq

So the fighting is "officially" over. I have a beef with the BBC headline that said the last combat brigade "quit". Please ban all BBC radio and TV from your homes (which makes me sad).

I expect the 50K troops left there will stay near the bases/training camps. Heard some interesting things about the lack of an Iraqi Air force. A bit of an issue considering Iran has some payback? You remember the Reagan fueled (and funded) Iran/Iraq war, right? They called it payback for the hostage thing in the late 1970's. It was when Saddam H. learned to use those chemical weapons. A 1/2 Million people were killed in the war, which started September 1980 and ended in 1988. What else started in 1980 and ended in 1988? Reagan.

Actually, it was the way that Reagan got out of Afghanistan, which lead to the formation of al-Qaeda. Just wanted to thank Ronnie for 911. Well done you dead dumb ass, blew a good chance for peace in the middle east there. That "trickle down economics" was a piece of work too. I used to think you had been a good President, hind sight is not only 20/20, it can be sickening.

US - Russia Relations

Now that we are fuck buddies with Russia, maybe they can lend a hand in Afghanistan? They have been there before.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10404912.stm

McChrystal's Rolling Stone Interview/Story

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236

I personally find Mic to be a spoiled little entitled ass. I hear he is resigning, a bit of a cowardly thing to do, when he was so gung-ho to win the war in Afghanistan? Cut and run. Frankly, I expect this is a military/republican tact to win elections this fall and try to keep Obama to one term. Painting the Democrats as weak and unable to control the military.

The really fucking sad thing about this is: Mic is leaving our soldiers without the tip top of command the structure. The General is going to abandon his men so he can run for Governor somewhere, or VP in 2012. Watch and call me wrong in a few years.

Afghanistan Has Something Going For It

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?emc=na

They can use all the leftover quarries as fox-holes.

Tyler Ginter Kicks Ass!

The Afghan War

This is a bit on the Soviet invasion of Afghanisan, pretty damn insightful.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8428701.stm

Sounds Like Afghanistan Wants Us Out..

Not a problem guys. The bad guys are in Pakistan anyway.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8324869.stm

30 Dead In Tanker Air Strike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8253787.stm

I am sitting here trying to feel bad for the civilians who died in the air strike on diesel tankers that were stolen by the Taleban. Aint happening...

Have Sex With Me, Or Starve

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8204207.stm

I guess the women could go to Burger King?

Hi Terrorists, Here's 87,000 US Weapons...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/asia/12arms.html?_r=1&hp

That's fantastic, we should ship a few hundred thousand innocent US women and children over there so they can just be slaughtered up front. Why toy around with it, that's who the terrorists want to wipe out.

This doesn't even address the 135,000 missing from foreign countries. Am I the only one that sees this as insane?