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Xmas in Kabul

November 11, 2009 – 9:19 pm

Millions of Americans voted for Barack Obama with the hope that the new president would withdraw our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. This was far from an easy task. The USA likes the title of # 1. Any talk of downsizing the troop levels smacks of defeatism to the forward strategists of the Pentagon and […]

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Autumn in Kabul

October 4, 2009 – 8:09 pm

In 1842 15,000 British troops invade Afghanistan. The political officers installed a puppet king. The troops camped within the city. Payments were doled out to tribal chieftains to insure loyalty. After several months the India command decided to cut back on expenses and shorted a warlord in charge of the Kybher Pass. Within months the […]

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Pakistani Cabal on Kabul

August 18, 2007 – 10:17 pm

The Bush administration has initiated a possible alliance between old Pakistani rivals to shore up the military dictatorship governing the Khyber Pass. The wicked web is being woven between old rival factions to sustain the ‘war on terror’ Bhutto and Musharraf.

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