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Never forget the Latin phrase that stupidity is a force unto itself By Robert Weller President Obama’s ratings are likely to fall even more as he plunges us deeper into the Afghan war, betraying voters who were counting on peace....

Pesky Abdullah By Robert Weller All right already. The Obama Administration and its allies have decided the Afghan election thing is over. Sure we know President Hamid Karzai stole it, and only agreed to hold a runoff because he would...

Will American Soldiers Protect Chinese Copper Miners in Afghanistan By ROBERT WELLER As always, look to history when your government does something that makes no sense: like sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. The United States’ population was probably as...

It's official! After a long, gut-wrenching period of time, Afghanistan has made Hamid Karzai the official president of the war torn country. The Afghan electoral officials definitively announced that President Karzai would be serving another term in office after a...

Al Jazeera Reports Taliban Accuses French Soldiers Of Offering Bribes Not To Attack By ROBERT WELLER Cadeaux? Cadeaux? Euros or Francs? It would sound like a Monty Python movie if it didn’t involve real lives. Do you remember? King Arthur...

This gets more promising every day. I heard Obama wants to be out of Afghanistan before he gets out of office. I am all for that! The best way to achieve that goal is to listen to Abdullah Abdullah. India...

Army Times Tells Story of Ranger Courage Despite His Six Tours Downrange This Was No Walk In The Park Army Staff Sgt. Michael Norton has been awarded a Silver Star for exposing himself to ambush fire to save two wounded...

Presidential Strategy Likely Includes More Troops And Negotiations By Robert Weller Even as more evidence emerges in Britain that the Iraq War was not justified by a real threat, the word from Washington seems to be that President Obama has...

Afghanistan sinks in new corruption ranking as US, World Leaders Fall Short in Corruption Fight, Group Says! Afghanistan's level of corruption earns it a ranking of 179 out of 180 Nations listed, worsened only by Somalia who is ranked as...

No need to call off elections, issue yes/no ballots with green yes and red no By Robert Weller As an old Africa hand I think I have a way to allow the Afghanistan election to go ahead with perhaps no...