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Daily Briefing—31st May-1st June 2010
Posted: 1 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Amnesty International, Bagram Air Base, David Sanger, diplomatic immunity, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blackade, Gaza blockade, gold, Haiti, IAEA, IDF, IMF, international law, Iran, Israel, jirga, Julian Assange, law, miranda rights, Mossad, NPT, NY Times, Raffi Khatchadourian, Red Shirts, Russia, SCOTUS, Thai protests, Thailand, UN, UNSC, US Navy, USS Liberty, Wilikeaks, William Broad
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Brzezinski on Afghanistan
Posted: 22 October 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, American Empire, counterinsurgency, democracy, fascism, imperialism, jirga, libertarian, liberty, Middle East, mujahideen, Newspeak, Obama, Soviet Union, Taliban, US, USSR, War, War on Terror, Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski—former national security adviser, co-founder of the Trialteral Commission and (which might come to a frequent reader’s surprise) one of the scholars I’ve avidly studied most on geopolitics—discusses the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan (4:20):