The Trench
May 28, 2009

2.4 Million Little Problems

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Within the mountainous terrain of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province sprawls an estimated 2.4 million displaced Pakistanis, and every s...
May 25, 2009

Mission Failure

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Cries of condemnation once again burst from world leaders competing to outdo each other. The halls of the UN fill with disgust, outrage, co...
May 23, 2009

Invasion

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For all the talk of a moratorium on drones, the future is trending in the opposite direction. The MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper have flown ...
May 22, 2009

Crash Landing

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s recent visit to Washington was unproductive, to be polite. The awkward press conference with ...
May 21, 2009

Not Until the Fat Lady Sings

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The world hasn’t rejoiced like it would for the defeat of al Qaeda, and rightfully so. The military demise of the Liberation Tigers of Tami...
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May 14, 2009

Captain Contradiction

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Countless stories are sadly lost in a whirlwind 24 hour news cycle. Dick Cheney , Elizabeth Edwards , GM, Nancy Pelosi , and Carrie Prejean...
May 10, 2009

Nuclear Football

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Almost no good news is coming out of Pakistan, whatever the perspective is. From America, Pakistan appears to be burning to the ground, on ...
May 7, 2009

The Dead Can't Hear

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This story doesn’t begin well and probably won’t end well either. The bodies of at least 100 Afghan civilians, many of them women, children...
May 5, 2009

Political Chairs

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Nawaz Sharif come on down! You are the next contestant on Pakistan is Wrong. Though shunned in the past, you now have every quality neede...
May 3, 2009

Exorcising Nixon's Ghost

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Sooner or later America must confront the endless allegations of torture that keep surfacing. President Obama’s initial release of CIA ...
May 2, 2009

Step Into the Light

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Two weeks. Two weeks for the government of Pakistan to get its act together. Two weeks before the state collapses. Two weeks until Ameri...
May 1, 2009

N.K. State of Mind

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After watching North Korea break off negotiations with the world, restart its nuclear program and expel UN monitors, everyone is wondering w...

Ice World

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The numbers are in: 6,432 civilians dead, 13,946 wounded in the last three months. The UN report on Sri Lanka is shocking. A war that has...

In the Deep End

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Now that the hostage situation off the Somali coast has ended, America must begin a frank, lengthy debate on the solution to piracy. Recent...

Dinner and a Drone

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It was a night for the ages. World leaders gathered in London to debate the global economic crisis, but not before praising each other, s...
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