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...Nationalist body politic, namely: our fixation with a "united Ireland." As long as we succumb to our animal territorial instinct and harbour this futile dream, every generation will produce some young hotheads prepared to use violence to achieve it. Of course, like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness et al, they will come to realize that it's simply not possible to force a million Unionists into a "united Ireland." Tragically, by then they may have destroyed another generation. Every Nationalist desiring a united Ireland must accept a share of responsibility for these latest atrocities. All our political parties must expunge...
...country's largest ethnic group, who don't seem to live in any time zone at all. Last week the Obama Administration didn't propose going to war with the Pashtun. But a larger American presence in Afghanistan, and the Obama Administration's focus on the Taliban and al-Qaeda elements in the tribal border regions, runs that very risk...
...Administration's instincts are right to work toward some sort of endgame in Afghanistan - train the Afghan army and police, boost economic aid, do something about the corruption and talk to certain elements of the Taliban, making sure they understand we'll be back if al-Qaeda comes back. But it has to happen very quickly. (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...
...What the Administration must absolutely resist is the temptation of more ambitious goals in Afghanistan, like rooting out the entire Taliban or fostering Western-style democracy. We must never forget that it was al-Qaeda who attacked us and not the Taliban, which is not an international terrorist group. If we make the all-too-common mistake of reducing the Taliban to al-Qaeda, it becomes an open-ended and endless...
Syria's President Visits Israel DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Fresh on the heels of a regional summit in Doha, where President Bashar al-Assad reaffirmed his support for resistance against Israel while expressing reservations about the Arab Peace Initiative, the Syrian president dropped a bombshell by embarking on an epoch-making visit to Tel Aviv Wednesday morning. "Nobody saw this coming," said Mark Burnes, a State Department analyst who monitors Syrian affairs. "We knew that they were close to a deal, but the Israelis didn't tell us how close."... Official sources say that earlier that same morning, [Israeli Prime Minister...