Migration has been an issue for Central American governments for years, as hundreds of thousands have left their countries to escape violence and poverty. In the last decade, government officials have also had to deal with large flows of migrants coming from South America on […] Read More.....
What kind of country do you live in where a major candidate in a Presidential primary openly advocates for doubling the size of America’s illegal detention centers and increasing the use of torture? Obama, you won the fucking election. Everyone despises Bush and his administration — they spen...
For much of the 20th century, Darra's arms industry was modest. But when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the entire NWFP became the staging ground for the jihad, or holy war, and large quantifies of weapons were shipped across the border to Afghanistan to arm the Mujahideen resist...
now carries out in Afghanistan and other nations: developing intelligence on suspected terrorist activity, largely from airborne surveillance, captured communications chatter and images captured by drones circling overhead, then launching...
The Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces released their report: “Standing Together: Ensuring Fair Treatment for Canadian Language and Cultural Advisors who Served in Afghanistan.”… AnalysisNorth America Canadian Armed Forces: Adrift without Clear Policy ...
In all, Luttrell depicts the people of Afghanistan and the Middle East only through very broad stereotypes, suggesting that all the people of these parts of the world are violent, untrustworthy, and immoral. And even when Luttrell is forced to admit that some Afghans aren’t so bad—they’...
In the sci-fi movies, Captain America and his fellow Avengers were saving the world from one crisis after another. But in the real world, the United States is doing quite the opposite: making bloodshed, chaos and destruction in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, and many other parts of the globe...
(1994);A Dybbuk; or, Between Two Worlds(1995), anadaptationofS. Ansky’s Yiddish classicDer Dibek;Henry Box Brown; or, The Mirror of Slavery(1998); andHomebody/Kabul(1999), which addresses the relationship between Afghanistan and the West. He also wrote the book for themusicalCaroline, or...
Although Rogers was reluctant to accept, Wilson had insisted before then revealing to them that he was part of a military project that used the EXO-7 Falcon, with Romanoff recognizing their unit as the one that captured Khalid Khandil in Afghanistan. Rogers had also noticed a picture of ...
As President Trump seeks to draw down US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, some have argued the decision is about bringing an end to America’s endless wars. But the real issue is how to create enduring stability. Now is an important time to talk not abo