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BALKANIZATION

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Scott Ritter on McChrystal Media Worship; Pashtunistan Macrostate…
Source: Truthdig

Scott Ritter is a man with passion -- for truth, justice, and young girls. In his Nov 1st article, he calls "bull@!$%#" on McChrystal's Afghan strategy paper and the MSM response.

Slouching towards balkanization
Source: atimes.com

Happy Days are here again. It's as if the George W Bush years in Afghanistan had never left, with Washington still wallowing in an intelligence-free environment. A surge is coming to town - just like the one General David Petraeus engineered in Iraq.

America must end its follies

Dawood Ebrahim, who killed mostly Hindus is a lesser terrorist than Osama bin Laden who killed mostly Christians? There are countless American idiosyncrasies that must end now since President-elect Barack Obama has promised a "new dawn" for the world.

Death of a Nation-State

NPR Senior News analyst Daniel Schorr recently offered some observations on Kosovo's secession from Serbia…

The state of the (Iraqi) union
Source: Asia Times

On the ground in Iraq, the state of the union - Bush's legacy - translates into a completely shattered nation with up to 70% unemployment, a 70% inflation rate, less than six hours of electricity a day and virtually no reconstruction, although White House-connected multinationals …

Balkanized Homecoming For Iraqis
Source: The Washington Post

When the Iraqi government last month invited home the 1.4 million refugees who had fled this war-ravaged country for Syria -- and said it would send buses to pick them up -- the United Nations and the U.S. military reacted with horror.

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