Taliban

The White House Post A Picture Of Biden In The Situation Room… But The Clocks Are From March Before Summer Daylight Saving. The clocks are an hour off.  Where are the Biden Administration?  Nobody is home! The world is looking on in horror from his murderous pull out from Afghanistan – Sky News Australia Joe […]

Dr. Steve Turley created a masterpiece here. He details the rise of American citizen soldier units, called “militias” as they have come to take a vital role in the life of many Americans. These people, often former police officers or military servicemen and women, are taking up arms to protect their communities against lawlessness. Their […]

Tucker Carlson delivered a scathing and brutally honest assessment of the amazing repeat of the Vietnam loss in 1975, as Taliban forces now were poised to move into the Kabul. He was absolutely correct, as we are now seeing. At the time of this writing, these were the latest updates: U.S. embassy lowers flag as […]

It unfolded as a story of fleeing.  The Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, taking flight to Tajikistan, giving little clue of his intentions to colleagues.  The fleeing of the infamous Abdul Rashid Dostum, a warlord assured to fight another day. The fleeing of tens of thousands of residents out of the city of Kabul, long seen as beyond the reach of[Read More...]

It unfolded as a story of fleeing.  The Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, taking flight to Tajikistan, giving little clue of his intentions to colleagues.  The fleeing of the infamous Abdul Rashid Dostum, a warlord assured to fight another day. The fleeing of tens of thousands of residents out of the city of Kabul, long seen […]
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Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. “Jab or jail” In the US, judges have started making getting vaccinated a condition of bail. Brandon Rutherford, a 21-year-old from Cincinnatti, was given …

JOIN THE 1200 human rights and women’s rights defenders and civil society activists who have signed this petition. Text of petition below. Link to sign the petition. Women of Afghanistan demand a just peace that guarantees the rights of all people. We, the true friends of Afghanistan and signatories of this open letter, declare our … Continue reading Support Afghan women’s demand for a just peace guaranteeing the rights of all people →

The historical vectors are moving with conviction and purpose; the weak and lacking in conviction are in retreat and the gun is doing the talking.  The government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the security services and the Afghan National Army, seem to be either huddled in despair, capitulating or fleeing before the inexorable advance of […]
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Joe Biden is certainly not the president of the United States. He does not have the initiative to do the job. This is particularly true now. However, he is sitting in the office of Chief Executive of the United States, and as such he can wield a lot of power, and he is… all in […]

American flag is lowered as U.S. soldiers leave Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, May 2, 2021. Photo: Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office. Nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban in six days – Zaranj, Sheberghan, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz, Taloqan, Aybak, Farah, Pul-e-Khumri and Faizabad – while fighting continues in four more – Lashkargah, […]