by Art Smith
This is Part 2 of the analysis of Friday night’s Presidential Debate. Part 1 was posted on Saturday. Iran Lehrer asked for a “reading” of Iran by the candidates. Are they a threat? Both candidates made it very clear that nuclear weapons in the...
by Art Smith
Here’s Part 1 of my assessment of Friday night’s Presidential Debate. Part 2 will come on Sunday. All I can say is, I was wrong. Jim Lehrer does want to be the next Tim Russert. I will say, I did not sense any partisanship on Lehrer’s part, but he...
by Art Smith
From the WSJ: Pakistani authorities announced that elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of unrest following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The vote had been scheduled for Jan. 8. Opposition parties alleged that authorities are postponing the polls to...
by Art Smith
This may be an interesting day. DHS says this information is still unconfirmed. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin Thursday citing an alleged claim of responsibility by al Qaeda for former Pakistani...
by Art Smith
I was not surprised but I was not expecting to start my day like this. Pakistan is going to be a mess. Obviously, Bhutto was the target, and the others are collateral, but I didn’t want to minimize all of the lives lost in this action. RAWALPINDI,...