The ambiguities of presidential politics persist today. From Globe and Mail: Sounding presidential, Senator Barack Obama said Wednesday he would order a surge of U.S. troops – perhaps 15,000 or more – to Afghanistan as soon as he reached the White House. “We’re confronting an urgent crisis in Afghanistan,” Mr. Obama, the Democratic contender and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘al-Qaida’
Christian Anti-War Movement Must Prepare for an Obama Presidency
Posted: October 24, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Jesus, nonviolence, Obama
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Living and Dying by the Sword: Pakistani Forces Fire on U.S. Helicopters
Posted: September 15, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: al-Qaida, Christ, Jesus, nonviolence, Pakistan
Here comes the conflagration: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Parvez Kayani announced last week that the Pakistani military would no longer allow foreign forces to operate on Pakistani soil. On Thursday, another high ranking Pakistani official, Major-General Athar Abbas confirmed the order, and said the army had been ordered to retaliate against foreign operations. If [...]
Where This is Going: A Stronger Taliban, a Resurgent al-Qaida and a More Vicious War
Posted: September 7, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Christ, Jesus, nonviolence, Pakistan, Taliban
L.A. Times: Even as angry protests spread in Pakistan, Pentagon officials said Thursday that the number of cross-border commando missions may grow in coming months to counter increasing violence in Afghanistan…Pakistani officials said U.S. troops flew into South Waziristan by helicopter in the raid and that as many as 20 people were killed, many thought [...]
Not Good Enough
Posted: August 26, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, civilian casualties, Herat, Pentagon
AFP: CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) – The United States expressed regret Sunday for any civilian deaths from US-led military operations in Afghanistan, without confirming reports of nearly 90 killed in one incident this week. “We regret the loss of life among the innocent Afghanis who we are committed to protect,” White House spokesman Tony Fratto said [...]
Let’s Play Ball: Christian Nonviolence versus Al-Qaida
Posted: August 23, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Jesus, nonviolence, Pakistan, Taliban
Adherents of Christian nonviolence are often lazy and scared. There. I said it. We are often too lazy to actually read relevant reports and offer nonviolent alternatives in current violent situations. We tend to give pat answers, wring our hands about the difference between “violence” and “force” and walk away. We are also often too [...]
Not Helpful
Posted: August 22, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, bin Laden, terrorism
Remember this the next time time someone describes the absolute necessity of killing really bad people: The National Security Archive has just posted a declassified, 400-page Sandia National Laboratories report on bin Laden, written in 1999. One of the big conclusions: the Clinton Administration thought that its August 1998 cruise missile strikes would make the [...]
