By: Balvinder Singh | 2011-07-25 | Online education Take for example the present situation in Afghanistan or for that matter in Iraq. The western forces have almost changed the political conditions in these countries by invading them. read more
By: Jenica Candace Prevost | 2010-04-04 | Politics It will not make any difference if Republican or Democrat is elected in the next election. We will still be in Iraq. This is a brief summary of the war in Iraq. read more
By: Jerome Grossman | 2010-04-03 | Politics It is difficult, even impossible, to accept President Obama's "New strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan" as described by him in a formal speech on March 27. It fails by imperial and non-imperial standards. read more
By: Aidan Maconachy | 2010-04-04 | Politics We owe a moral debt to the people of Afghanistan, and our inability to cover the tab is largely because of the disaster in Iraq. The Iraq war has impacted the Afghanistan campaign in all sorts of negative ways. It has weakened the will of Western governments to meet their obligations, and has added immeasurably to public cynicism. Yet the inescapable fact remains that we owe a moral debt that must be honored. read more
By: M.G. Singh | 2010-12-01 | History The US is involved in a difficult war in Afghanistan.A defeat here could well be the setting sun on the US as a world power read more
By: Brian John | 2011-09-23 | College There have been a reported 1464 deaths of the coalition forces as of 2009. These deaths mainly include U.S soldiers, volunteered, stop-loosed, or otherwise. That is a figure of concern for the families of personnel currently enrolled into the army and shipped to Afghanistan given the growing lack of support for the war. There have been a total of 481 deaths of American soldiers in 2009 amongst the.... read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-10-28 | Society The days after the U.S terrorist 9/11 attacks in 2001, American journalist Kate Brooks went to Aghanistan and Pakistan to cover the collapse of the Taliban. Here are the images of the Afghan people whom she met during her journey. read more
By: Tripodi Pandey | 2010-04-03 | News and society Early this year the Marine Corps leadership floated the idea of pulling the Marines completely out of Iraq, and taking the fight over to Afghanistan while the Army stayed to handle the war in Iraq. Since the success of the surge, there has been some concern that Marines are being used more like occupation forces than the aggressive fighting forces they are. read more
By: Brian John | 2011-09-24 | College Even though the threat of Osama Bin Laden was looming, the U.S had plenty of war experience and expertise to know not to make any new enemies. They did not get approval from the UN before venturing into Afghanistan with bomb raids and ground attacks; although the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) did not sanction the creation of the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) nor did they.... read more
By: Andy Mann | 2010-04-04 | Politics On the day when the total causality in Iraq exceeds more than the total number killed on September 11, it seems that United States is about to face the humiliation of Vietnam again. Withdrawal from Iraq looks eminent without achieving the goals set forth in the first place, along with numerous blemishes of torture and inhumane treatment of the Abu Gharib prisoners. read more
By: Jacob Cohen-Donnelly | 2010-04-04 | Politics The War on Terror lost its direction when the Iraq War started. Looking at President Obama's plan, there are those that hope to see not only the war in Iraq come to a close, but the War in Afghanistan to finish. read more
By: Barry Sheppard | 2010-04-04 | News and society Bill Henry "Willy" Apiata was born in Mangakino, New Zealand on the 28th of June, 1972 to a Maori New Zealander (his father) and a Paheka New Zealander (mother). His parents are separated, and he was raised by his mother in Northland until moving to Te Kaha, where he attended Whanau-a-Apanui Area School, until he left on his 15th birthday. read more
By: JD Hoopes | 2011-04-19 | Politics This question is being asked by ordinary citizens throughout many countries around the world, none the least by Americans, French and British, the three principal countries currently involved in bombing Colonel Muammar Gadaffi's Headquarters, and other military installations in that country. read more
By: Tyler Tichelaar | 2010-04-02 | Book Reviews Issam Jameel, an ex-patriate Iraqi, presents a portrait of Iraq, detailing his recent visit to his homeland and how the country has changed since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Readers will get a new understanding of the Iraq War that the Western media has failed to provide. read more