US Pakistan Relations; the war in Afghanistan; the Haqqani Network; the Taliban; the bombing in Kabul of the US embassy and CIA headquarters; the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani. Listen

Background on the US/Pakistan relationship; CIA contractor Raymond Davis; US raid on alleged Osama bin Laden compound; the attack on the Mehran Naval Station in Karachi, the Pakistan Taliban; the Chicago terrorist trial and informant David Headley; Mullah Omar; the way forward. Listen

Financial and fiscal austerity policies; the appeal of economic austerity to bankers; economic depression and war; post-WWII vs. post-cold war economic policy; government to government grants vs. commercial lending; the euro and dollar; privatization in New Zealand and elsewhere; social unrest; speculation and prices; criminalization of the economy; impoverishment of the US. Listen

Pakistani General Hamid Gul explains that the US war in Afghanistan was doomed from the start. As a military professional with a distinguished career, he identifies the key factors that determine success or failure in war, and shows that the US is failing in almost every area, including long and insecure lines of communication, an... Listen

We discuss the events of September 11th; Osama bin Laden; General Gul's famous interview with Arnaud de Borchgrave; US invasion of Afghanistan; drone attacks; Pakistan's military operations in the Northwest Frontier, US Special Forces; destabilization of Pakistan; the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Listen