‘Analysis & Opinions’ Archives
Afghanistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Kashmir
NYR Blogs | By Pankaj Mishra | 8 December 2009 “... the road to stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan runs through the valley of Kashmir, and Obama’s failure to even mention a likely solution to the subcontinent’s primary conflict will doom his new strategy just as surely as his other decision to continue assassinating suspected militants [...]
Beware Anti-Muslim Hysteria
The Progressive | By Matthew Rothschild | 4 January 2010 The hysteria has begun. With the attempt to bring down that Northwest jet flying into Detroit on Christmas, the urge to profile Muslims and demonize Islam is becoming irresistible for some—especially those on Fox. On Sunday, retired General Thomas McInerney said, “We have to use [...]
TNR Editor Calls for Harsher View of Islam
Think Progress | By Matthew Yglesias | 8 January 2010 Peretz: Obama Needs “Harsh View of Islam Today” “... the truth is that ... you can't have a true view of routine mass murder in the contemporary world without having quite a harsh view of Islam today.” — Marty Peretz, Editor, TNR New Republic editor in chief Martin Peretz says that [...]
Is CIA’s Private Army, Blackwater/Xe, Still on Contract?
The Nation | By Jeremy Scahill | 6 January 2010 Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress? “At this time, Blackwater is not involved in any CIA operations other than in a security or support role.” — CIA spokesman George Little, 11 December 2010. A leading member of the House Permanent Select Committee on [...]
Pakistan Heading Toward Constitutional Breakdown
Guest Blog | By Ezzat Dawood-Zai | 27 December 2009 On the eve of the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on NRO, Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gillani sent a message to the Chief Justice, through the Attorney General, where he assured the Court that the Government respects the judgment, which will be implemented in letter and spirit. That was on [...]
Native informers and the making of the American empire
Al-Ahram | By Hamid Dabashi | 1-7 June 2006 Lacking internal support or external legitimacy, writes Hamid Dabashi, the US empire now banks on a pedigree of comprador intellectuals, homeless minds and guns for hire. IN THE COURSE OF the US presidential election of 2004, during the final round of campaign between President George W Bush [...]
Jewish American, Norman Finkelstein, Urges Arabs to Have Self-Respect
YouTube | 17 February 2008 Norman Finkelstein - Hezbollah, the Honour of Lebanon End | (Not Continued)
As Racist as they Come: Abraham Lincoln on White Supremacy
Institute for Historical Review | By Robert Morgan The 'Great Emancipator' and the Issue of Race Abraham Lincoln's Program of Black Resettlement “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; I am not nor ever have been in favor of [...]
In the light of recent Supreme Court Rulings, Pakistan’s alliance with the U.S. may be unlawful
Guest Blog | By Ezzat Dawood-Zai Pakistan: A Lawless Land? The 16 December 2009 decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan striking down the National Reconciliation Ordinance, 2007 (NRO) as unconstitutional ab initio, has been hailed across the land as a triumph of law over arbitrary governance. The decision follows on the Supreme Court’s [...]
