Word: basinger
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“Indications are that he parked the car on the bridge and took his own life, [but] we can’t conclude that,” said Lt. Richard True, a department spokesperson. “We’re basing this on previous experiences where people...
The victory at Mazar-i-Sharif sets the stage for a de facto partition of Afghanistan into a northern arc controlled by the anti-Taliban alliance and a southern rump controlled by the Taliban. The main battle to take down the Taliban and the Al Qaeda network may lie ahead...
The price the Uzbeks are extracting for basing rights is modest. They just want some assurance that the Americans won't drop the region like a cigarette butt, as the U.S. did after the Russian army was defeated by the Afghan mujahedin 10 years ago. Pakistan is a different matter...
But then again, I’m not necessarily predicting an Ivy championship this year. After all, I made that mistake last year, basing my prediction on how Harvard played even in losing efforts. I guess I just didn’t realize what I know now.
The U.S. has the ability to wage terrifying war on Afghanistan. There are already several hundred American warplanes in the region, based in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and aboard two aircraft carriers, the U.S.S. Carl Vinson and the U.S.S. Enterprise. Washington wants to conduct the air war from a new...