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Entries by Rob Asghar from 04/2009

Obama Shows the World's Muslims a New American Face

| Posted 04.08.2009 | World
Read More: Islam, Conservatives, Terrorism, War, Robert Spencer, Obama, Muslim, Peace, War on Terror, Mark Steyn, Obama Transition, World News

Obama's ability to identify ethnically and emotionally with the Islamic world, along with his ability to articulate American tolerance that goes back to the founding fathers, means that we're on our way.

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A Primer on Pakistan: Why It Matters

| Posted 04.16.2009 | World
Read More: Pakistan Opposition, Obama Pakistan Policy, Pakistan Democracy, Pakistan, Pakistan US Relations, Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, World News

The biggest reason that Pakistan is relevant is because it has somewhere between 50 and 90 nukes, and the powerful army has many leaders who sympathize with the Taliban

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Shrinking War-Heads: Could Hawks Use a Good Psychologist?

| Posted 04.28.2009 | World
Read More: Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, War, Obama First 100 Days, World News

Conservative and hawkish pundits are still twittering -- in the pre-technological sense of the word -- about President Obama's "global apology tours" ...

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