Kashmir - U.S. Economy - Outsider Views

I have been assessing what has been going around Nancy Pelosi since her news conference yesterday. What is sad about this argument is how much of a diversion this has all become as we are faced with more of the same in Afghanistan.

I saw an archive of the news conference that led to so much over the last day or so. She was clearly unprepared and was not on top of her game. For such a savvy political player, blaming the CIA was also wrong. She played right into the hand of the punditry. Joe Scarbarough was brutal this morning on Morning Joe. She made herself into a laughing stock.

Unfortuantely, the Media in America focuses on the not-so-important and forgets the profound predicament the United States in Afghanistan today. The policy is in essence more of the same:

The policy as it stands is slated to be Iraq (II) with a touch of vinegar in it. I do wonder whether US Policymakers understand the implications of the decision. The debate should be to figure out a way to come to a consesus agreement with countries in the region. The only thing that is clear is that none of the countries want a Taliban-Run Pakistan and Afghanistan. This includes all the ex-Soviet States, Iran, India and China. Some may forget, but Iran almost went to war with the Taliban in Afghanistan back in 2001.

I view the need to know as aboslutely essential so that we can learn from it. But, this storm that is being fed by the media is a storm that is frankly a waste of time. When will the media realize it?

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Posted By: Mike Pouraryan - Category: Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO, The Pakistani Taliban, The Army, Kashmir, Barack Obama, U.S. Economy, U.S. Government

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Khameini Speaks.....

March 22nd 2009 05:15

: And????

Khameini: The Decider

Iran's Supreme Leader responded to President Obama's overture. Iran's Supreme Leader is the ultimate decider of all state matters in Iran. The Supreme Leader went to Mashad in Eastern Iran on the first day of the Iranian New Year to talk about this and other matters.

I had a chance to listen to the Supreme Leaders's New Years Message. I found his new year's message to be actually quite reasonable. I think he was a little off base on his analysis of the impact of the economic winter on Iran today. I was trying to assess the impact of the response

I found the President's message to be straight forward and hopeful. I think the message to be smart and to the point. I found the final touch to be quite deft when he ended his message with the standard Persian Greeting of Happy New Year (Eid Shoma Mobarak). But, I was frankly disappointed about the initial reaction that Ayatollah Khameini had when he spoke in Mashad. He noted that The United States had to change its attitude. But, I think a reconciliation has to happen. The United States needs Iran in order to be able to insure a reasonable sense of stability in Iraq, assist with Afghanistan and yes even Pakistan. Iran has an interest in this becaue of Kurdistan in the West, the continued calamity in Afghanistan and Iran's continued lawless Baluchestan Province--which borders Pakistan.

Reconciliation will happen. It is only a matter of time.

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Posted By: Mike Pouraryan - Category: Taliban, The Pakistani Taliban, The Army, Kashmir, Inter-Faith Relationships, Islam, Iran, Economics, Politics, Khameini, Barack Obama, U.S. Economy, U.S. Government, Congress

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Governor Palin Saying Yes To Rod to No Where....and Other Tidbits on Her....

September 20th 2008 01:01

: What else is there?

The polls are starting to show that Governor Palin's star is fading. The Gallup Daily Poll taken on September 19 shows a 5 point lead by Senator Obama. He has continued to gain as the U.S. and the World has undergone an economic implosion that has been unprecedented and is probably indeed the biggest challenge since the Great Depression. The markets were up when Hank Paulson annouced the basics of the plan taking on all "bad debt" off the balance sheets. The markets liked it and they rallied worldwide.

But, the politics of the day still played itself out. There was a story in the September 18, 2008 edition of the Los Angeles Times. The report was on Governor Palin saying "yes to a road to nowhere". She changed her mind on the bridge to no where that has been the central tenant of her stump speeches. But, as folks have continued to investigate her record, the truth is starting to come out. So, the fiction that somehow she is "clean" is starting to unravel. Of course, the McCain-Palin campaign's standard line has been that it is the "elite media" that has been digging things under the guise of democratic operatives. Governor Palin pushed this "fiction" when she noted that organizers of an anti-Iran rally in New York pulled an invite from her under pressure from Democratic Operatives. Interestingly enough, Fox News also reported that Governor Palin will be at a Monday Reception hosted by President Bush. My assumption is that all candidates will be there to be "introduced" to other world leaders as well

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