Off the Grid Index
Posts by Stephen Spain
OFF THE GRID is about why the news is the news. Here are the real motivations of both media and newsmakers. Here's the backstory. This is a look at the inner workings of desperate media, the inner life of the publicity crazed, and the true meaning of the news of the day.
When Obama Finally Gets Serious About Afghanistan, He’ll…
Off the Grid | Oct 1, 09 9:58 AM CDT
Stephen Spain - … Stop asking for advice from Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Jim Jones, David Petraeus, Robert Gates, and Richard Holbrooke, who cumulatively know less about Afghanistan than the average UN, embassy, or NGO staffer resident there. He’ll set the strategy and order them to implement it, something at which they are very adept. …...
What in God's Name Do the Obama People Think They're Doing in Afghanistan?
Off the Grid | Aug 24, 09 12:06 PM CDT
Stephen Spain - There’s an Alice in Wonderland quality to our involvement in Afghanistan. We followed Osama bin Laden down his rabbit hole and now we’re caught up in a nonsensical world. Hookah-smoking drug lords blow smoke rings in our eyes and hand their cash off to the Taliban, who appear and disappear like turbaned Cheshire cats. Karzai, the Mad Hatter...
