There is no doubt that Karzai is correct about the corruption and bribes. He was, however, by all accounts a willing beneficiary. But the idea that the U.S. was pursuing a war against the Afghan people is absurd any way you look at it. The U.S. restricted its military with absurd rules of engagement. It […]
Hamid Karzai calls out Imran Khan, says ISIS threat is from Pakistan, not Afghanistan
Islamic issues continue to be a stumbling block to Western policy strategists, who persistently see Islamic politics and culture through the lenses of Western norms, giving them big blind spots when anything Islamic does not fall into the neat template of Islam being a religion of peace, a claim that is a big fallacy. At […]
Here’s the Real Reason for the Dire Situation in Afghanistan Today
My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. I am happy to be able to offer you a 5% discount on becoming a VIP member at PJ Media. Just enter the code SPENCER when you sign up here. Kabul today is starting to look like Saigon in 1975, and the long-predicted return to power of the […]
Afghanistan: Former president says US presence ‘failed,’ as ‘extremism is at the highest point today’
Karzai is correct. But no one in Washington is going to face the reality of why the U.S. military misadventure failed. It failed because it was wrongly conceived, with no understanding of the importance of Sharia for the majority of Afghans, and of the significance of their attachment to it. So the Bush administration that […]