Democracy and Freedom?
It’s no secret that “President” Musharraf has alienated much of his population with his coup and subsequent pro-US policies. Now, it appears that powerful members of the ruling party that supports his...
View ArticleSorry Obama
Barack Obama has almost certainly lost my vote over two things he has stated in the last month or two that I simply disagreed with too much. 1. His claim that he would never use nuclear arms in any...
View ArticlePakistan’s Political Future
The Current Pakistani President and Chief of Army Staff Perez Musharraf is purported to have stated he will step down as Chief of Army Staff, possibly before the next presidential election. On top of...
View ArticleBhutto’s Tumultuous Return
During the return of self-exiled Pakistani ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming parade in Karachi, Pakistan two explosions ripped through the crowded street, killing over 130 people. The...
View ArticleTake it to the Streets!
My oath to preserve the Constitution imposed on me the duty of preserving by every indispensable means that government, that Nation of which the Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to...
View ArticleWhen Democracy Fails and Dictatorship Wins
This is the article I wrote for The Bison, Harding University’s newspaper. It deals with the current situation in Pakistan. It has certain (slightly edited) excerpts from the last post entitled Take it...
View ArticleDo You REALLY Know?
Every single article or post on Musharraf includes the fact that he rose to power in a coup and that the Supreme Court is expected to rule his reelection unconstitutional, thus leading to his recent...
View ArticleMore Turbulence in Pakistan
This time it has claimed the life of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. She was the current political leader of the highly popular Pakistani Peoples’ Party (PPP) and favored to be the...
View ArticleWorth It?
From the outset, President Obama has been admirably firm in his support for our intervention in Afghanistan, calling it a “war of necessity.” But as time has progressed, skepticism at home and abroad...
View ArticleWhat Credibility?
You know, Vietnam wasn’t that long ago, Somali was a catastrophe, and Iraq is still technically going on. We’re still the lone eagle. Why would some distant, barely functional state suddenly change...
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