International Affairs
This endeavor, altercation, conflict, campaign, enmity, friendly fracas, (not a crusade) is shaking out differently.
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No one said being president was going to be easy. And no one was right. You get yelled at for doing things, and you get yelled at for not doing things. Often both times by the same people. Which is kind of like saying, "Even when you agree with us, you're wrong." That's a tough hill to climb. Read more
Although you wouldn't know it from its choices, the Defense Department actually has detailed guidelines for naming military operations.
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Peter Funt
If nothing else, the current operation in Libya confirms that the United States has overwhelming global superiority in coming up with bad names. Read more
Japan's Kyodo News Service, citing Japan's defense forces, said 60,000 to 70,000 people were being evacuated to shelters in the Sendai area.
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Editor's Note: Read live blogging of the Japan tsunami and earthquake. Are you there? Send your video, pictures to iReport. For more news visit CNN affiliates KHON and KHNL. Read more
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Why are British students revolting?
It’s a strange time to be at a British university, staff are losing their jobs and signs reading “fight the cuts” have been put up by students dismayed at the decreasing funding to their courses. This is University College Falmouth. Its 250 miles south –West of London but last Wednesday the student union sent two coaches full of students to protest on the streets of the capital. Read more
Wasn't it a wonderful sight? And didn't it spark emotions in all of us that haven't been felt in a long time?
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Wasn't it a wonderful sight? And didn't it spark emotions in all of us that haven't been felt in a long time? Read more
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Russophobia — grounding at the exclusive relationship with the Baltic states, Yushchenko’s Ukraine and Saakashvili’s Georgia — was the essence of Lech Kaczyński’s Eastern policy. If Jarosław is to become Polish President, the country would have to go through the same ole discords between the government and the President. Russia in this case would have to keep ignoring the person of Polish President, while resetting the relationship with Polish government.
Lech Kaczyński became the President of Poland in 2005, having won the current Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and immediately proclaimed the creation of the Fourth Republic. Collapse of this idea has led to the defeat of his twin-brother Jarosław at the following parliamentary elections. (You may find the more detailed information about it here). Read more
The best part of a long-term Afghanistan occupation is there’s no shame in failing.
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The War-ette
Raging Moderate, by Will Durst
The best part of a long-term Afghanistan occupation is there’s no shame in failing, since we’ll be joining so many other proud names on such a very long list. The worst part of a long-term occupation of Afghanistan is the many moons it’s going to take for us to figure that out. And according to the president, we should input that online calendar repeating entry until summer of 2011. Minimum. Read more
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First major prize in major U.S.-supported offensive in militant stronghold
ISLAMABAD - The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan's Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials said, snagging its first big prize in a major U.S.-backed offensive along the Afghan border.
Elsewhere in the northwest, a suspected U.S. missile killed 14 people, but apparently missed a top Taliban figure, authorities said. Read more
