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The Most Difficult Job in the World
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Zardari is asking for $100 billion when Pakistan has in its central bank enough foreign currency reserves for 2 months of imports of oil and food. He also wants to defeat the Taliban and militants and find those responsible for the death of Benazir Bhutto. This interview with Bret Stephens who gives an account of it and his own comments, ends with some remarks by Zardari about wanting to defeat the militant elements that killed Mrs Bhutto in a manner where "not letting them get away with it" referring to those responsible, is something he wishes to do before his own life ends. It suggests that this war is likely to take a new turn as the military in Pakistan takes on the militants and Taliban and as General Petraeus looks for a way to reverse Taliban gains in southern Afghanistan and other parts of the country.
The Afghan war's and the stories of Schweich and Rory on the complication added by opium farming and general antiforeign sentiment.
07/27/2008
Opium farming in the south is supported by the politicians including Karzai and Afghan sentiment generally is against foreigners just as more troops are sought on the ground and in the USA the war is getting politicized for personal advantage by Presidential candidates who do not understand fully what is going on .
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Search and struggle for the true soul of Islam.
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A seminarian from Qom, Iran, Mohsen Quadivar, student of Ali-Montazeri, takes up the challenge of interpreting Islam, searching for its true soul and struggling to see it in place. The same strugle in places from Iran, Iraq and Turkey to Afghanistan and Pakistan. India and America having to walk through this period carefully to see it bloom.
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The failure of Islam as astate ideology to give Pakistan peace with its neighbors, and to modernize Pakistan. Instead of working it has proved dysfunctional and led to failures in economic development, failure in building ademocratic state, and left the country in abackward state with many divisions along political and tibal lines. The new identity being sought would keep Islam out of politics and set new priorities.
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Petraeus describes his information gathering efforts and Bret Stephens talks with Zardari
10/01/2008
The war in Afghanistan is beginning to take a new turn as Petraeus looks for ways to reverse gains by Taliban and Zardari commits Pakistan to work alongside the US.
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The Most Difficult Job in the World
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2008
Insurgents in Afghanistan Are Gaining, Petraeus Says
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