peony moon (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
“we fall asleep with one hand under our head and with the other in a mound of planets” - Zbigniew Herbert from ‘I Would Like to Describe’ by Zbigniew Herbert, The Collected Poems 1956 – 1998 (Ecco, 2007) Posted in poetry, quotes Tagged: poetry and planets, poetry quotes, quotes, Zbigniew Herbert, Zbigniew Herbert's I Would Like to Describe...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
"The framing of Afghanistan's governance problems with the simplistic gloss of "corruption" is yet another trivialization of reality, exceeded only by the idea that Afghan President Hamid Karzai can and will turn off corruption at will, and notably in response to US pressure. Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski was on the mark when he questioned the ability of...
REAL ART (and politics and culture) (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... one in Afghanistan. While I don't think everything President Carter's national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski says about global conflict is worth even listening to, he's got some good observations about President Peace-Prize's plans for the mountainous "nation" that neither the British nor the Soviets could conquer: Brzezinski also cautioned that it would be hypocritical...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... backed by U.S. , McChrystal report , President Barack Obama , Robert Scheer , United States , Zbigniew Brzezinski
Liberals Are Cool (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Dr. Zbigniew Brezinski and his bonafides on Morning Joe framing the complicated Afghan/Pakistan situation realistically. He praises Obama 's positive approach to gradual disengagement. /swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0"> Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy
EconomicPolicyJournal.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Sam SteinOne of the most respected foreign policy voices in Democratic circles expressed "serious reservations" with components of a U.S. troop escalation in Afghanistan during an interview on Tuesday.Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was an early skeptic about increasing troops in Afghanistan, said he was not necessarily opposed to Obama's decision to send...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
I used to respect David Ignatius and enjoy his columns. I enjoyed his narration between Bret Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski in " America and the World ." Then he took a few helicopter rides with Gen. Petraeus and I think they replaced him with a pod person. That's the only rationale I can think of with his recent comments about President Obama's speech about an Afghanistan strategy....
PREA Prez (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski cautions that it would be hypocritical and counterproductive for America to stress that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government be purged of corruption. “Who are we to seriously be preaching [such] a crusade? We have a financial sector that is voraciously greedy and exploitative, to put it mildly. We have a Congress [...]
SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Juan Cole makes a good case President Obama is misreading any analogies with Iraq and the surge there, and that most such analogies only exist in the minds of the bipartisan foreign policy establishment anyway. Dan Froomkin has much more on this , including, in essence, a flip-flip mentality by Obama. Or, self-petard-hoisting, perhaps we should say. Zbigniew Brzezinski has some concerns , too....
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... Union and its Afghan allies collapsed. In 1979, President Carter’s National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski had consciously lured the Soviets into invading Afghanistan by arming Islamist mujahedin fighting a pro-Soviet revolutionary government. The mujahedin (aided at the same time by Osama Bin Laden) defeated the Soviet superpower after only ten years. Retaliation was a Trap...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
One of the most respected foreign policy voices in Democratic circles expressed "serious reservations" with components of a U.S. troop escalation in Afghanistan during an interview on Tuesday. Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was an early skeptic about increasing troops in Afghanistan, said he was not necessarily opposed to Obama's decision to send an additional...
Llamastrangler's Doctor Who Marathon Adventure (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... of Red Dwarf . She’s great. Her catchphrase isn’t. And it’s a bit odd how Zbigniew calls her “sir”. Hasn’t she noticed she’s, er, a she? Blimey, it’s a bit dark in the TARDIS. It’s almost as if they were trying to hide the fact they’ve managed to dump most of the console room between seasons. The Doctor is also a bit darker with...
Blog on the Run: Reloaded (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... he is doing God’s work and has been for a long time. (h/t: Janice) Reality check: Who are we, Zbigniew Brzezinski asks , to criticize Afghanistan about government corruption? “Americans, of course, hate hypocrisy,” the LA Times’ Andrew Malcolm observes , “by everyone else.” Elizabeth Warren for president: “America today has plenty of rich and super-rich. But it has far more families who...
