Slouching towards balkanizationSource: 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.

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.

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 IraqisSource: 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.