Musings of a modern guy

This has got to be the shortest peace effort in years. Former President Jimmy Carter, who has been preaching peace and settlement for the past few years, probably took on his toughest effort; getting Hamas to say we do ‘recognize Israel’. So it was good to hear him come out and say triumphantly that Hamas […]

In a shock news (although events of the past 1-2 days seemed to indicate an event like this happening), President Musharraf was unable to handle the combination of a renewed push by militants to dominate vast areas of the country, a weakened army that seems incapable of handling the militants, and a resurgent democracy movement. […]

Nawaz Sharif was the Prime Minister in 1999 when he attempted to prevent the plane carrying the Army Chief, General Musharraf, from landing in Pakistan. Getting wind of this, the army carried out a coup, removed Nawaz Sharif and installed General Musharraf in power. At that time, many sections of the country welcomed this move, […]

Scientology, the movement and Church created by the late Ron Hubbard is a very high-profile organization. It has some very popular actors such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta as followers, and is also popular among the rich and famous. It has also been very controversial, with a damning article written in Time magazine as […]

Ever since the war in Afghanistan showed that the strategy of inculcating fighters with religious fervor produced fighters who were extremely dedicated, passionate and ruthless, Pakistan has been employing that strategy to fight on both flanks. It has always looked to Afghanistan to provide a region where it has a strong influence and had used […]

Israel has one of the best armies in the Middle East, one of the best trained, and superbly successful. This is an army that has won all the wars that they have had with a number of their neighbours attacking together, starting from the war in 1948 to 1967 and then 1973. In most cases, […]