Mind the Gap, The Generation Gap That Is

Between 9/11, Afghanistan, Bush and Iraq, a new generation is forming which will define America for the next thirty years at the least. I call it the angry generation.

Artifice of Scholarship : CSPI on FrontPage

Where will Mr. Warner hide when faced with the ignobility of logic deserting his beloved Christianity? What will he do when the devil of duality is discovered in his own sacred texts?

Will President Bush Invade Iran?

President Bush has raised the stakes by mentioning the possibility of World War III in a recent press conferences. He has declared the Iranian National Guards as terrorists.

Towards God?

I don't know as to whether the world is moving towards God. But these two leaders (Ahmadinejad and Bush) are certain to push to world to brink of disaster.

War Clouds Over Iran

If not stopped by the Congress, under one pretext or the other, the Bush administration is geared to go beyond just imposing UNSC sanctions against Iran.

The Impact of Iraq Study Group Report

Iraq has been battered and destabilized by the shabby invasion and it will take plenty of effort and leadership to mend the damaged society.

Politics of the Mid-Term Elections

No wonder that the war on terror remains awry because much of it is fought to project the administration’s image against the democrats who are labeled as ‘cut and run’ strategists.

For the Heck of It

The critics and analysts have been trying to figure out what is common in existentialism and Bush’s faith as a re-born Christian. The main character in the novel, Meursault, shot and killed an Arab. The magistrate who was examining him was a true Ch

Mission Accomplished II

Although nothing is still very certain; anything may happen to a shaky ceasefire negotiated by the UN, it is a hopeful sign that both sides are willing to observe truce as much as possible. Like the earlier UN resolutions, the current resolution also may

Media Spin and the Hidden Poverty in America

The mainstream media instead of being outraged at why 37 million Americans are poor and chronically hungry in one of the wealthiest countries of the world gloats over a fictitious one percentage improvement

The Quest for American Popularity in Pakistan

Public diplomacy may melt some icy precepts in Pakistan but American ideals will still flounder in the murky waters of conspiracy theories until there is tangible movement towards regional reconciliation

Here Comes Bush

With the innocence of a child the interviewer opened his line of questions..

Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere

It would be better for the US if it pursues the policy of positive peace which is the presence of justice and which can be achieved by letting the democracy takes it roots in its real term and promotes liberty and freedom not for the sake of security, but

The Comeback Kid?

The importance of the debate was not lost on anyone. Firstly, it was a make or break night for Kerry who had sagged in the polls ever since the end of the Republican Convention about a month ago.

A Dangerous Gift

In the name of democracy, Washington’s latest misadventure has killed thousands and is now set to kill many more.

Bush: King of Genocide

Your mind if it ever awakens,
Does not possess the clarity to understand and decide,
In discontinuous bouts of a war on terror,
You are an uncrowned King of Genocide.

Recent Accounts of US Perfidy in Iraq

While President Bush may believe that he is carrying out ‘a mission that has been sanctioned by the divine’, as he recently indicated in a White House press conference, there is significant evidence from noteworthy sources which reveals otherw

Semantics of “Historical” and “Actionable”

The intention of sending this memo to the president would obviously appear that it contained actionable information. But the White House read it otherwise.

Many Questions, No Answers

Solutions do not rest in either Democracy or in the Shariah. The answers are in Education and Social Equality. Only this will invalidate the Bush Doctrine and Extremist Fatwas.

Pakistan and India - Lets Compromise

The program began by applauding Indian PM Vajpayee’s concession to meet Jamali, his Pakistani counter-part

Survival of the Fittest

If Pakistan is next then what are the options?

A Stable Political Order in Post-War Iraq?

A new political order in Iraq is likely to be strife-ridden

The Wages Of Death

Wars are political acts of concentrated violence and yet, there is violence in this war, but there is no rhyme to its logic.

Open Letter to Those Opposing the Iraq War

And the truth shall prevail. Whether someone likes it or not.

Ich bin ein Mussulman

the conquest of the Middle East is only a smart aleck way of referring to what is true

Three Arguments Against a War

As America prepares for war, I want to present three arguments for peace:

Calculate This

Damn Saddam?

The last time round the Italian MP, Ilona Sthaler, had offered to sleep with him, appealing to the macho man and sadist in Saddam

The Urdu Press in New York

We never thought we would flee America

Can we Stop the War

Can do our bit to stop the War on Iraq?

All The Bridges Are Burning

The United States’ foreign policy has historically oscillated between recklessness of unilateralism and the cautious nature of multilateralism.

Standing Up to a Bully

America has all along, despite Iraq’s acceptance, said it is highly sceptical of Saddam Hussain’s assurances or promises

The Unmaking Of Gujrat

The key players in these elections and therefore Indian polity seem like characters in a drama of the absurd.

Kissinger of Death

Bush may as well have chosen Osama bin Laden to head the commission

Husain Haqqani at UC Berkeley

Pakistan has to revisit its relationship with India

Hypocrisy Big

Is America an Empire? Is the Pope Catholic?

Mexico to Support United States

Fox and Bush, 'langotia yar ... '

Were We Too Hijacked by 9/11?

Al-Qaida had to be bombed, to let the Taliban be was not an option.

Of Evil Zionists and the Great Satan

The impotent fury of the Muslim world

The Last Crusade

Sharon’s visit finally removed the façade from the Israeli diplomacy

Indian Diplomacy : Time To Recheck

The year saw a marked upswing in new Delhi’s relations with the US, Russia, Japan, Germany and France

India, Pakistan and America’s Mixed Signals

War is the last thing that we need there

Muslims and The West After 11th September

America has exacted blood revenge for the Twin Towers

The Clash Of Un-Civilizations And Osama-ism

It is misleading to think and give an impression that these issues will just disappear if Osama is captured or killed today.

Whither Democracy?

Musharraf appears to have killed two birds with one stone

A Decision to Regret

the Afghans have always resisted a government imposed from abroad

Explaining it to an American Friend

godspeed and prudence in this time of grieving

Just the End of the Beginning

... will the arraignment of Osama BL be the end of the story?

An Eulogy For The Hawks

Your administrations’ talks with President Musharraf

The Winds of Change

When the world’s only superpower changes direction, smaller states, especially those located on the periphery of potential conflict, have to be nimble in adjusting their policies.

A World Upside Down

can the United States honestly determine the reasons behind the tragedies in Washington

Bigotry, Racism and American Media

all of us have vividly seen that Israeli security forces consistently breached all international human rights standards

Protest in New York!

Stop killing Christians in Pakistan ...

The Flip Side of Democracy

The US public allows its government to make decisions that can alienate a billion people

Patriot Games

Pass out the barfis. It could be a hockey match. A Tendulkar century. A riot or a nuclear blast.