Desicritics Comments on Cartoon - Bend It Like Musharraf

Comment by temporal

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:37:39 EDT

eric margolis cannot be bought here is why;) Biography REGULAR COMMENTATOR: * CBC TV * CNN * CNN International * FOX * CTV * Appeared on 'Good Morning America', ABC TV News, CBS TV News, PBS New York, Sky News Britain CONTRIBUTING FOREIGN EDITOR: * Sun National Media Canada * American Conservative Magazine, Washington DC REGULAR COLUMINIST: * Sun Media * Dawn - Pakistan INTERNET COLUMINIST: * "Bigeye" * www.ericmargolis.com * www.foreigncorrespondent.com AFFILIATIONS: * International Institute of Strategic Studies, London * National Press Club, Washington,D.C. * Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan AWARDS: * 1998 South Asian Journalist Association Award GENERAL: * School Of Foreign Service, Georgetown University * University of Geneva, Switzerland * New York University

Comment by Sanjay

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:30:46 EDT

Eric Margolis is a journalist widely known to be in the pocket of Pakistan, and is on record as making racist statements against Hindus. He also owns the Jamieson vitamins company known for distributing herbal supplement pills. Please avoid the Jamieson brand -- don't subsidize this racist.

Comment by temporal

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:11:36 EDT

US, British and Canadian politicians say they are surprised by intensifying Taliban resistance. They have only their own ignorance to blame. Attacking Pashtuns, renowned for xenophobia, warlike spirits, and love of independence is a fool's mission. Pashtuns are Afghanistan's ethnic majority. Taliban is an offshoot of the Pushtun people. Long-term national stability is impossible without their representation and cooperation. What the west calls `Taliban' is actually a growing coalition of veteran Taliban fighters led by Mullah Dadullah, other clans of Pashtun tribal warriors, and nationalist resistance forces led by Jalalladin Hakkani and former prime minister, Gulbadin Hekmatyar, whom the CIA has repeatedly tried to assassinate. Many are former mujahidin once hailed `freedom fighters' by the west, and branded `terrorists' by the Soviets. They represent national resistance to foreign occupation. In fact, what the US and its NATO allies are doing in Afghanistan today uncannily mirrors the brutal Soviet occupation during the 1980's. The UN's anti-narcotic agency reports Afghanistan now supplies 92% of the world's heroin. Production has surged 40% last year alone. Who is responsible? The US and NATO. They now own narco-state Afghanistan. AFGHANISTAN: TIME FOR TRUTH - Eric Margolis

Comment by Sanjay

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:03:47 EDT

Here's a powerful new documentary by PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/taliban/view/ You can watch it directly online via that link. Normally, I find PBS a bit to the left, but this time they really pull no punches in talking about The Return of the Taliban The bad guys are making a comeback, and you can see exactly how they're doing it. A must-see documentary.

Comment by null

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 03:00:36 EDT

talented huh?/ What about his s** life. Is the current wife of his is first second or fifth?