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Entries by Eric Margolis from 12/2009

Canada Accused Of Torture Collusion

| Posted 12.01.2009 | World
Read More: Canada Torture, Canada, Canada Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Torture, World News

In light of recent reports, Canadian military men and high government officials are now trying to slander the messenger and lie or bluff away their serious misdeeds -- some of which may constitute war crimes.

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Obama's Surge

| Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics
Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Troop Increase, Obama Surge, Afghanistan War, Politics News

What Obama should really have been concerned with was Osama bin Laden's vow to first bleed the US in Afghanistan and Iraq, then break America's domination of the Muslim world by luring it into a final battle in Pakistan.

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Mr. 10%: Our Man in Islamabad

| Posted 12.23.2009 | World
Read More: Asif Ali Zardari, Obama, Afpak, Benazir Bhutto, Aghanistan War, Pakistan, World News

Asif Ali Zardari became Pakistan's president thanks to political and financial support from the U.S. and Britain; in exchange, he's facilitated the U.S. war in Afghanistan. That deal is falling apart fast.

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Year Of Living Dumbly

| Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics
Read More: Politics News

What we have learned is that waging wars without clear strategic or political purpose in the middle of nowhere is a fool's errand, and a very dangerous and expensive one.

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