Category Archives: What I Think

Common Sense about Afghanistan

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Jerry Frey

The center of gravity for the future of a srable Afghanistan rests with the legitimacy and viability of the Karzai government, which means forget it. Continue reading →

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Mullahs want the bomb

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Jerry Frey

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian diplomat says Tehran will not stop uranium enrichment “for a moment,” defying demands from the U.N. and world powers to halt its suspect nuclear program. www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/19/iran-nuclear-uranium-enrichment/1847123/ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280278/Iran-confiscates-Buddha-Statues-Buddha-join-Barbie-dolls-The-Simpsons-items-banned-Iran.html Iran’s bid to buy banned magnets stokes … Continue reading →

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Robert Bales should be executed

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Jerry Frey

SSG Robert Bales, “walked off his base in a remote southern Afghan village shortly before dawn Sunday and opened fire on civilians inside their homes, Continue reading →

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Afghanistan Behind US

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Jerry Frey

Panetta: U.S., NATO will seek to end Afghan combat mission next year www.washingtonpost.com/2010/07/28/gIQAriZJiQ_story.html Afghanistan’s first female mayor proves critics wrong Azra Jafari has won respect in her community as she fights to improve lives and change attitudes towards women After … Continue reading →

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Bush broke IRAQ no ownership

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jerry Frey

The American founding notion of “inalienable rights” stems from the Hebrew concept of a covenant: a grant of rights implies a Grantor, and an irreversibe grant implies a God who limits his own sovereignity in covennat with mankind. From the … Continue reading →

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Bush’s Iraq

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Jerry Frey

More than six months after the start of the Syrian uprising, Iraq is offering key moral and financial support to the country’s embattled president, undermining a central U.S. policy objective and raising fresh concerns that Iraq is drifting further into … Continue reading →

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Palestinian sic Egypt Spring

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jerry Frey

Israel watches its old alliances crumble The overthrow of President Mubarak in Egypt, the estrangement of Turkey and a UN vote on Palestinian statehood combine to make an intractable set of problems. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8757614/Israel-watches-its-old-alliances-crumble.html Turkey’s stance on Israel will reverberate in … Continue reading →

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Dick Cheney doinks history

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jerry Frey

On August 26th, 2002, Vice President Cheney addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Nashville. After the customary remarks about increasing veteran’s health care spending by 8 percent (“although we are holding most discretionary spending to 2 percent increases…”) Cheney … Continue reading →

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Comment on 2012 Candidates

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Jerry Frey

Michele Bachmann says if you turn Herman Cain’s “9-9-9″ plan upside down it becomes 6-6-6. “I think the devil is in the details,” she said at the GOP debate hosted by Bloomberg and Washington Post. CLASSIC As a member of … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan reality check

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Jerry Frey

This year’s summer ‘fighting season’ had seen considerably less violence than previous seasons with incidents down 43 per cent over last year which meant 70 fewer attacks each week. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8691658/Taliban-fighters-plotting-spectacular-attack-on-British-troops.html President Obama’s “surge” of troops into Afghanistan to continue the … Continue reading →

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