Posted on May 24th, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan have begun serious talks on a regional effort to militarily combat Islamist extremism, terrorism and the Taliban in their joint countries.This is the second meeting in one month on this topic and economic issues confronting the region. Those talks include the growing heroin trade estimated to fund the Taliban $100 million [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, In The News, International, Iran, National Security, Pakistan, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
As long time Dem Daily readers know, Senator John Kerry has called on the Bush administration in the past to engage in direct talks with Iran. In an OP/ED in today’s WaPo, Kerry responded to Bush’s “attack on Democrats ”suggesting they favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, George W. Bush, In The News, Iran, Israel, John Kerry, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics
Posted on September 29th, 2007 by Hart Williams
A followup to my post on Wednesday:
2007-09-26
What? Politeness Counts in Foreign Relations?
And just imagine how we look to the REST of the world with our clueless and crapulous performance. Not that we care a fig for what the world thinks of us, right?
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Filed under: Iran, News Media
Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Hart Williams
As noted HERE, HERE and HERE, other writers seem to have noticed what rude, boorish slobs America has been to the visiting Iranian head of state.
It wasn’t about the Iranian President. The way that he was treated is seen in Iran as the way WE have decided to treat ALL Iranians. You disrespect the country’s [...]
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Filed under: International, Iran, Military, National Security, News Media
Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Todd Mitchell
I must admit I’m disappointed in Columbia University’s invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak before its august faculty and student body. No, it’s not an “affront to civilization” as Newt Goofball put it, but it is a rather sad statement about what passes for serious discourse in this country.
“Columbia President Lee Bollinger, in [...]
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Filed under: Education, International, Iran, Politics
