- -: Pakistan's "Strange Relationship" with Terrorism - Neil Joeck
December 5, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/20/Neil_Joeck_The_US_And_Pakistan_Next_Steps Foreign policy expert Neil Joeck examines Pakistan's "strange relationship" with terrorism. ----- Since 9/11, the U.S. and Pakistan have collaborated on regional security issues. However, the recent replace...
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- -: Defending Hamas - Sara Roy
December 29, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/14/Sara_Roy_Beyond_Occupation Sara Roy, research scholar in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, examines international opinions of Palestine's ruling Hamas party. Roy claims Hamas to be "a far more pragmatic movement than its typical representa...
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- -: Remembering a Fallen Soldier in Afghanistan - Craig Mullaney
March 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/09/The_Unforgiving_Minute_A_Soldiers_Education West Point graduate and US Army veteran Craig Mullaney discusses when his platoon was ambushed in Afghanistan and the emotional consequences of losing a soldier during combat. "When you're doing causality ev...
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- -: Countering Afghanistan's Downward Spiral - Gen. David Petraeus
March 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/13/General_David_Petraeus_Update_on_the_Middle_East General David Petraeus says Afghanistan "spiraled downward" as the insurgency "expanded its strength and influence." Petraeus outlines a counterinsurgency plan to stabilize Afghanistan, which includes t...
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- -: The Right Approach to Afghanistan? - Gen. Barry McCaffrey
March 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/10/Military_Power_Does_it_Work Retired four-star General Barry McCaffrey discusses U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan. "Don't go fight and win a counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan - you're in the wrong war," he says. "Afghanistan could be bigge...
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- -: Gen. David Petraeus: No Iraq-Style Surge in Afghanistan
March 31, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/13/General_David_Petraeus_Update_on_the_Middle_East General David Petraeus says an Iraq-style surge in Afghanistan is not possible, citing a lack of infrastructure and the possibility of civilian casualties. ----- Commander, United States Central Comma...
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- -: Afghani Perspective on US Intervention - Fariba Nawa
April 8, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/23/Afghanistan_The_New_Iraq Freelance Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa expands on how Afghan citizens view American intervention in Afghanistan. She says many support US presence, though some "actually prefer the Taliban to what they have right now...
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- -: Should Obama Continue Drone Attacks In Pakistan? - Hamad Mir
April 10, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/01/Resurgence_of_the_Taliban_in_Pakistan_Hamid_Mir Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir criticizes President Obama for continuing unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas, a policy started under the Bush administration. Mir claims that the drones have...
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- -: Pomegranates for Peace? Solving the US - Iran Conflict
April 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/27/US-Iran_Lessons_from_the_Past_for_the_Present Journalist Robin Wright argues that the key to mending relations between Iran and the United States is to work on "areas of commonality, rather than the greatest confrontation." As an example, Wright sugge...
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- -: Reasons for Optimism in Afghanistan? - General Jack Keane
April 28, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/General_John_Keane_The_Mastermind_Behind_the_Surge Retired Army General Jack Keane gives his take on what he describes as the differences between the "good" Afghanistan war and "bad" Iraq war. Keane says that "there is not a major calamity in Afghanis...
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