What should have been a synchronous application of force on both sides of the Durand line ends up being a piston applied from one end into a perforated second end of a tube; a loss of effect and diffusion of the entire effort

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Europeans are shaking their heads over their American friends again.

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None has got the confidence to say something with a bit of certainty about the 'mysterious movement' known as Talibanisation. But there are different stories which are linked to its wellspring.

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Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly or Forrest Gump's Mom – Take Your Pick

Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly have a lot of good things to say but in the political climate of the day we may want to take heed to Forrest Gump's Mom. Let's see!

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Bush and his henchmen Karl Rove and Dick Cheney have decided to sell America to the Chinese, and as a bonus they are going to through in the rest of the world for free.

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The impromptu reactions of Indian leaders to the recent terrorist attack in Mumbai have necessarily been based on revulsion and impulse.

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The American people yesterday demonstrated once again their unique capacity for self-renewal by electing the first black man as head of state, not much more than a generation after the country's African-Americans were accorded full civil rights.

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Pay attention: After exporting who knows how many jobs to Communist China, their star is rising as America's is falling. Coincidence? Washington better wake up and smell the melamine-laced milk!

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Balance of Power: Are Outsiders Weakening U.S. From Inside?

Is what is happening to the U.S. a natural reaction to global balance power issues? Are foreign interests behind the weakening of the U.S. in an effort to prevent the U.S.

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We may soon be able to scale vertical walls like Spider-man thanks to scientists. What other superhero characteristics are achievable for mere mortals? Your choice? Soon-to-become-reality options listed in this article are:

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Talk about why so many Muslims hate the United States these days, and you'll hear plenty of self-flagellation, at least in some quarters of post-9/11 America. I have too much affection for the United States to join in.

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Beijing can't clean up the environment, rein in stock speculation or police its companies. Here's why the country's problems could keep it from becoming the next superpower...

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The Western press is full of stories these days on China's arrival as a superpower, some even heralding, or warning, that the future may belong to her.

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America at the Brink

America now stands at the brink of ruin. Our foreign policy of the past six years has been an unmitigated disaster. The international sympathy that was once ours after 9-11 has been replaced by dislike and mistrust, if not hatred and loathing.

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Who will be the world Super-Power in 15 years time

Can the USA retain the title of the worlds SUPER-POWER. Verging on the edge of bankruptcy - does it have the resources or the will to lead the world, be its policeman, or even be the innovator for the future. We know it will still wage wars, but doesn't that make it a bully...?

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If there was a defining moment in 2006, it was the public firing of Donald Rumsfeld, just hours after the Republican rout of Nov. 7. George Bush was bowing to public repudiation of his war policy, his war minister and, indeed, his war presidency.

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To Americans, the lesson of World War II was that, to prevent a repetition, the United States had to promote global stability. It had to accept short-term costs and burdens to avoid larger long-term costs and burdens. But the triumphalism following the Cold War fed overconfidence.

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When you live there, it just becomes unbearable. Any small criticism is proof of your perceived "anti-Indian" sentiment and every tiny baby step is proof of the superiority as the new master race. It's become pro-Indian fascism.

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A brief look at America's position as the big boy on the block.

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Farred Zakaria: "Three Billion New Capitalists," as Clyde Prestowitz's recent book puts it, people from countries like China, India and the former Soviet Union, which all once scorned the global market economy but are now enthusiastic and increasingly sophisticated participants  …

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This sounds strangely familiar. Wait! My inhumanly acute powers of memory are tingling...throbbing...yes, it's all coming back to me now—Doc Savage's exercises!

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