Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational US foreign policy look like? Pt 9
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How should the US fight international terrorism?
Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Pt 5
Who can and who can’t have nuclear weapons?
Aijaz Ahmad:The Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty was signed by non-nuclear countries on the assumption that there would be a swift move towards disarmament by those that already had them would begin to disarm and even destroy their nuclear stockpiles.
Why does US need military bases around the world?
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like?
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What’s a rational American foreign policy? + Lieberman wants stronger action against Iran (Part I)
What’s a rational American foreign policy? + Lieberman wants stronger action against Iran
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Aijaz Ahmad: Start with the question, why does the US have to be the most powerful country on earth?
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Lieberman wants stronger action against Iran
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Sen. Joseph Lieberman says Arab nations, not just Israel, want US to stop Iran’s nuke program
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Triita Parsi talks about the affect of threats on Iranian public opinion
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Taliban forces alter strategy + What should Obama’s policy be for Afghanistan?
June 20, 2008
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NATO forces push Taliban out of Arghandab district but for how long?
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Obama and Afghanistan
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Aijaz Ahmad: There is no military solution to the war in Afghanistan (3/4)
What should Obama’s policy be for Afghanistan?
June 21, 2008
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Aijaz Ahmad: There is no military solution to the war in Afghanistan (4/4)
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Eric Margolis: Afganistan is about an Oil Pipeline (video)
Does the Afghan war matter to the US? + Kandahar braces for Taliban offensive Parts 1-2
Will Pakistan fight a US war?
Aijaz Ahmad: US bombing has disrupted negotiations between Pakistan gov and tribal leaders
Does the Afghan war matter to the US? + Kandahar braces for Taliban offensive
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As the Taliban offensive expands in southern Afghanistan, retaliatory actions by NATO and Afghani forces become increasingly likely. On Sunday, Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai threatened to send troops across Pakistan’s border in quote “hot pursuit.” Amid a general uproar in Pakistan over Karzai’s comments, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani retorted that Pakistan will defend itself at any cost. The Real News Network’s Senior Editor Paul Jay discusses the geopolitics of the region with Senior News Analyst Aijaz Ahmad. (1/4)
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Kandahar braces for Taliban offensive
Aijaz Ahmad: Does the Afghan war matter to the US?
June 18 – In anticipation of a Taliban offensive, the Afghan army flew four planeloads of soldiers to Kandahar from the capital Kabul.
The deployment comes a day after Taliban forces were seen mobilizing in the Arghandab district just north west of Kandahar, and 3 days after the Taliban freed 900 men from a Kandahar prison. Taliban forces destroyed bridges and planted landmines in preparation for battle.
The Taliban regime was ousted from power in a 2001 US-led invasion, but Anand Gopal of Inter Press Service says “there has been a general shift in the balance of power in the last few months.” A Presidential spokesperson maintains that the Afghan National Army is “in charge of the situation” despite some “security incidents that have taken place,” but an unidentified Taliban soldier disagrees. According to him, the Taliban “have 80 to 100 percent control” in Afghanistan. Though those are not the official numbers, the idea that the Taliban are gaining more power is present in the most recent US Intelligence estimate. The estimate states that “the Taliban controls about 10 percent of the country and the Karzai government controls about 30 percent of the country, and that number has changed significantly in the last few years.”
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai threatened to send troops across Pakistan’s border in “hot pursuit” on Sunday and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani retorted that Pakistan will defend itself at any cost.
In part one of a four part interview, The Real News Network’s Senior editor Paul Jay discusses the geopolitics of the region with Senior News Analyst Aijaz Ahmad. Ahmad says he believes that the Afghan war does matter to the US despite important news, such as the creation of a 2005 agreement between the Karzai government and the US government granting the US the right to permanent bases, never making headlines in the US. He also says that he thinks “the time is gone for actual negotiations with the Taliban” but that “a massive assault on the Taliban in co-operation with the Pakistan army” is possible.
Kandahar braces for Taliban offensive
Taliban and NATO forces both assert that they are in control
Interview: Does the Afghan war matter to the US?
Ahmad: Permanent bases and strategy towards Ching long term US objectives in Afghanistan
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Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Pakistan. Lebanon loses two lawmakers in political assassinations. Two governors get killed in Iraq. Is this a new phenomenon? Or is it politics as usual?
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Thursday January 3rd, 2008
Based in New Delhi, Aijaz Ahmad is The Real News Network Senior News Analyst and Senior Editorial Consultant and political commentator for the Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. He has taught Political Science and written widely on South Asia and the Middle East.
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Pakistan in turmoil after assassination of Bhutto + Democracy movement (videos)
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