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Mali must not become another Afghanistan
by Debasish Mitra
JANUARY 20, 2013


French intervention in Mali is a classic example for history repeating itself. In 1893, France achieved its victory in West Africa's upper Niger River basin, now called Mali, only after El Hajj Umar, a charismatic but a fanatical warlord died in an explosion of a gunpowder cache in 1864. Mali, almost after 120 years has come back to haunt its former imperial ruler â€" France. Umar had toppled the Bambara kingdoms along the banks of the Niger and posed the greatest ever challenge to the French rule in West Africa.

The adversaries are back once again and so are the French, probably in their final showdown that began way back 120 years ago. A coalition of radical and jihadi groups, Ansar Dine, the Movement for Oneness, Jihad in West Africa and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, have retaken Timbuktu threatening the entire swath of space that lay in upper Niger and Senegal Rivers. It then took almost three decades for France to wrest control of the region where Umar had set up Tukulor Empire.

The empire may have collapsed long ago but the spirit that threatened the French hegemony had never really died. And like energy, it only transformed and metamorphosed into a diehard hatred for anything and everything that is Western and is even remotely related to the United States. Jihad against the West kept burning on the back burner till it was resurrected by Al Qaeda. Mali, since past half a decade, has turned into an "Al Qaeda Country" and into what Peter Chilson says: "the largest al Qaeda-controlled space in the world, an area a little larger than France itself. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that Mali could become a "permanent haven for terrorists and organized criminal networks."

Professor in the Security Studies Programme of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and the research director of the Saban Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, Daniel Byman, has been rather unequivocal in his assertion that Al Qaeda was and is still very much alive in Africa. In fact, Qaeda has been more than successful in ejecting itself out of Afghanistan in the wake of the American attacks, found a safer haven in north and west of Africa and has survived the US drone strikes in both Arabian Peninsula and Islamic Maghreb. "A witches' brew of … jihadists is stirring up trouble across the continent."

The question today is how much does Mali matter to the world, especially to Europe and the United States. Apparently, it matters. Not too long ago, in December last year to be exact, General Carter F. Ham, commander of the US Africa Command, sounded an alarm bell saying that Al Qaeda was "using northern Mali as a training centre and base for recruiting across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe." In fact, the radicals "operating in northern Mali have been linked to Boko Haram, the violent … group based in northern Nigeria, and to Ansar Al Sharia, a group in Libya which has been linked to the attack on the US consulate at Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans."

But, can these be reasons good enough to warrant yet another US intervention into another foreign land? French intervention to halt insurgents' march from north of Mali to south of the country has flagged off an animated debate on what should be the role of Washington, especially in view of its pronounced policy to wage an endless war against terror.

America's involvement in Africa is telltale. In 2012 alone the United States carried out more drone strikes in Africa than in Pakistan and Afghanistan taken together. Yet, direct US engagement in Mali is not warranted. And because, the local insurgent groups with all their brutality and ferocity, have only been fighting to advance their local or regional ambitions. Their links with Al Qaeda is more perceived and none of them, at least as of now, has either the capability or nurse any ambition to take their fight against America or Europe.

But, can the world afford to ignore these Malian insurgents and allow them to grow stronger till they achieve power and capabilities to stand against the United States and other countries? So when observers appear smug and complacent saying, "Mali is not the next Afghanistan" they are either seeking to take refuge in the sandy deserts of Africa or are living in their own paradise.

Al Qaeda's modus operandi has always been to leverage domestic unrests, recruit dissidents and indoctrinate them into violence to conquer space. Mali fits the bill well for Al Qaeda and the situation there is worse than in Yemen and Somalia. We are afraid, Mali, thus, will not take decades to turn into another Afghanistan.

French intervention in Mali is certainly justified and ought to be seen, even if it turns protracted, as a pre-emptive measure to prevent creation of another Afghanistan. Fall of Mali to the insurgents must be prevented because if so happens it will set off a contagion, worse than the Arab Spring. Al Qaeda's aspiration to set up a caliphate will then be only a matter of time.   

The author is the Opinion Editor of Times of Oman.

. In 1968, at the peak of “the century of the self” and the consumerism of the Mad Men era, while Alan Watts was busy bringing Eastern philosophy to the West and trying to convince Americans to seek purpose beyond money, a primary school supplement titled How People Earn and Use Money â€" from the same Social Studies Program series that gave us How People Live in the Suburbs and How We Use Maps and Globes â€" set out to explain to children the basics of economic theory and its implications for everyday life.

But far from a mere educational tool, the vibrant vintage primary-color illustrations by artist Jack Faulkner and words by Muriel Stanek capture both the era’s characteristic biases and the naiveté of an overly simplistic view of the market economy â€" from the gender stereotypes dictating what types of jobs are appropriate for men and women to the blind faith in banks that seems in retrospect a caricature of the recent global recession to the tragic conditioning that work for money alone is the only kind of work.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 19, 2013, 07:31:47 PM


okey ka lang?!?!?!

Specially served...

Forever Young
Songwriters: STEWART, ROD/SAVIGAR, KEVIN/CREGAN, JAMES/DYLAN, BOB


May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

Listening to nearly every Dylan album while creating the illustrations for this book gave me time to think about the people who inspired him and how his music has inspired so many. These drawings include images from Dylan’s life and lyrics from his songs. Some are obvious and others are meant to be a bit of a mystery. --Paul Rogers

In 2008, Dylan asked award-winning illustrator Paul Rogers, whose stunning covers for Hemingway classics you may have encountered and admired, to apply his signature mid-century aesthetic in reimagining the lyrics of the iconic anthem as a series of illustrated vignettes for young readers. Forever Young was born â€" a charming children’s book about a little boy who embodies the heart of the Dylan classic: adventurousness, doing the right thing, and the eternal spirit of youth. -- http://www.brainpickings.org/

Wat dat?

Quote from: islander on January 20, 2013, 10:53:27 AM
thus there are only a few good men?

Indeed. Baje gani ang usa...

Quote from: islander on January 20, 2013, 10:57:22 AM
kay kinsa man diay ang gidimalas?  maayo gani kay salamat sa kahitas-an igo-igo ra nga sakto sa utok ang mga tblanders.  way kaligutgot, kinhas-kinhas lang, baktas-baktas lang ug sakto, di maggukod, di maghangak.

Kay niingon diay ko nga naay niingon nga gidimalas sila? Unsay ako kon naay gipanggabaan. It was a straightforward statement of belief, of an article of faith or, if you will, of love in the time of cholera of human bondage the unbearable lightness of being on the road from here to eternity...

Quote from: vhinz08 on January 20, 2013, 01:09:31 AM
Kini laging maningkamot aron maka tigum ta bisag gamay lang.

Layo ra ta anang milyon daghan pa atong kinhasonon ana, ginagmay ra man ni atong agi Bay Hubag, kinhas kinhas lang ba, baktas baktas.

Bitaw, ang importante nga malinawon atong hunahuna, nga wa tay kaligutgot batok sa ubang tawo aron di ta dimalason...

Quote from: vhinz08 on January 20, 2013, 01:16:12 AM
Politiko ning bataa inig kadako o di kaha abogado kay mahilig na ug diskosyon. 

Ipahilayo lang nga mahimo nga leader sa JI kay murag naa ra ba sya sa muslim na area.

Hmm, basin maabogado unya mahimong rebelde...

Roots of War in Popular Song (forest of no return)

Psychological History

Yes Means No

Christian Subcultures

Imaginary Social Relationships

Gustatory Rainbow

Morally Repugnant

The Legacy of Good Habits

Hidden Roots

Human Content

Social Information Flow

Möbius Structure of Relationships

David Byrne’s Hand-Drawn Pencil Diagrams of the Human Condition
By: Maria Popova

David Byrne may have authored both one of last year’s best albums and best music books, but he is also one of the sharpest thinkers of our time and a kind of visual philosopher. About a decade ago, Byrne began making “mental maps of imaginary territory” in a little notebook based on self-directed instructions to draw anything from a Venn diagram about relationships to an evolutionary tree of pleasure â€" part Wendy MacNaughton, part Julian Hibbard, yet wholly unlike anything else. In 2006, Byrne released Arboretum, a collection of these thoughtful, funny, cynical, poetic, and altogether brilliant pencil sketches â€" some very abstract, some very concrete â€" drawn in the style of evolutionary diagrams and mapping everything from the roots of philosophy to the tangles of romantic destiny to the ecosystem of the performing arts. -- http://www.brainpickings.org/

'There is water at the bottom of the ocean'
November 13, 2009
By Jerome Domurat

Gives a secret peak into David Byrne's writing. A brilliant set of David Byrne's perceptual maps. Great insight into how to collect word 'seeds" and grow them into a thought. Arboretum. A set of words pertaining to a topic, that is then mapped out in organic and diagrammatic form. This poetic and subtle juxtaposition of terms often makes me laugh. I'm surprised this book hasn't gotten more attention. The document view on Amazon is way too light and misses the connection of the topic on the left page with the perceptual map on the right page. The Look Inside! view could be rescanned to benefit how clever this book really is. -- http://www.amazon.com/

Making Sense
November 15, 2006
By JG

When TIME magazine put Byrne on its cover back in '86 and called him "Rock's renaissance man", some people shrugged it off and said "yeah, right". Well, that caption has more than withstood the test of time. I can't think of anyone who's been as prolific on so many artistic fronts.

Most recently, he's been quite prolific in his online journal, which itself is a mind boggling display of the incredible range of topics constantly churning through Mr. Byrne's gray haired head.

First and foremost, David Byrne's art (yes, even Talking Heads) is about design. So, as with his previous books, the first thing you notice about the book is its design. "Strange Ritual" was black with big gold letters; the idea was to make it feel and look like a Bible.

Then came "Your Action World", which was huge, and had rubber covers. Not sure what the deal was on that (although a great book in the annals of anti corporatism).

After that, he did a mini Bible called "The new Sins", which by and large, turned the teachings of the real Bible upside down (literally, the book itself could be read upside down or right side up, and in Spanish or English, depending on your mood or bilingual proficiency).

Anyway, "Arboretum" has the look and feel of a library book on certain subjects, maybe philosophy or archaeology, or psychology, in short, an academic look and feel about it.

I started reading this book by just selecting pages at random. By approaching it this way, at first the various drawings have an automatic, stream of consciousness writing feel to them. There's a 4 foot pullout in the back of the book, however, which covers a bunch of topics, corresponding to the various diagrams on numbered pages of the book. If you read the book this way, then the tree diagrams begin to make a lot more sense.

On the latter note, it was Byrne who coined the term "Stop Making Sense". I always took that as "let go of reason, and let the spirit and subconscious take over". As it turns out, Byrne is a very methodical fellow. While he draws heavily from dreams and the subconscious, he prefers to stick to a fairly rigid structure in his concert tours. This aesthetic also emerges in the book, for the most part, and sort of contradicts the whole notion of "Stop Making Sense".

At any rate, Byrne is indeed a true renaissance artist by any definition, and it's always a thrill to see and hear what he's up to next. If you're a long time fan, this is definitely worth buying. If you're nostalgic for a Talking Heads reunion and consider that period his finest hour, you're not likely going to enjoy much of his post TH work or this book. -- http://www.amazon.com/

Book Description
Publication Date: August 25, 2006

For over twenty-five years, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as disco, architectural photography, and PowerPoint. Now he presents what may be his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings and diagrams mapping the strange corners of his mental landscape. It’s an eclectic blend of faux science, automatic writing, satire, and an attempt to find connections where none were thought to exist â€" a sort of self-therapy, allowing the hand to say what the voice cannot. Irrational logic, it’s sometimes called. It's the application of logical scientific rigor and form to basically irrational premises. To proceed, carefully and deliberately, from nonsense, with a straight face, often arriving at a new kind of sense. The world keeps opening up, unfolding, and just when we expect it to be closed â€" to be a sealed, sensible box â€" it shows us something completely surprising.

Byrne’s enigmatic, enchanting collection teaches us that there is absolutely no reason to discount anything, of any type, anywhere. -- http://www.amazon.com/

Arboretum
by David Byrne





Product Details
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: McSweeney's Books; 1 edition (August 25, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1932416579
ISBN-13: 978-1932416572
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches -- http://www.amazon.com/

Quote from: islander on January 18, 2013, 09:00:08 PM
tblander nga klaro.

KSP?

Quote from: BolBuhol on January 19, 2013, 05:51:00 PM
pilit pa sang pomada bitol.

Pero indi gid makalabaw sang buhok sang Raytsos Bradirs haw...

Quote from: islander on January 14, 2013, 01:27:20 AM

Beeee! Mas kyut ang akong doggies...

Di ba kaha kini ang gidulngan...

Quote from: islander on January 18, 2013, 04:29:40 PM
-9 degrees celsius sa britannia, hehe.  kun didto pa ko, natangtang na tingali ang akong dunggan.

He he, maughan ang kusahos kon maohon...

12. Queen Elizabeth and President Barack Obama.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II give a toast during State Banquet in Buckingham Palace on May 24, 2011 in London, England.

11. Queen Elizabeth and President George W. Bush.

George W. Bush pulled out all the stops when he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the White House in 2007. The state dinner was the only white-tie event that Bush, a president famous for his Texas drawl and informal style, held at the White House. Here the two walk through St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle in England, June 15, 2008.

10. Queen Elizabeth and President Bill Clinton.

Queen Elizabeth sits alongside President Bill Clinton at the Guildhall in June 1994 prior to attending a banquet for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.

9. Queen Elizabeth and President George H.W. Bush.

President George H.W. Bush escorts Queen Elizabeth II from the White House to a helicopter en route to Baltimore to watch her first Major League Baseball game on May 15, 1991, in Washington.

8. Queen Elizabeth and President Ronald Reagan.

Queen Elizabeth of England making a toast at a state dinner given in her honour by President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan in San Francisco, March 1983.

7. Queen Elizabeth and President Jimmy Carter.

When President Jimmy Carter met Queen Elizabeth II in London’s Buckingham Palace on May 1, 1977 he declined to bow and instead went for a kiss. The queen was said to have held a grudge against Carter over the hello smooch for years.

6. Queen Elizabeth and President Gerald Ford.

President Gerald Ford and Queen Elizabeth dance during the state dinner in honour of the Queen and Prince Philip at the White House on July 17, 1976, in Washington.

5. Queen Elizabeth and President Richard Nixon.

Queen Elizabeth is pictured with U.S. President Richard Nixon at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, in 1970.

4. Queen Elizabeth and President John F. Kennedy.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip host Queen’s Dinner for President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at Buckingham Palace on June 5, 1961.

3. Queen Elizabeth and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first sitting U.S. president to host Queen Elizabeth. Here she stands with Eisenhower at the White House State banquet he held in her honor on Oct. 20, 1957, in Washington. Eisenhower is wearing the British Order of Merit awarded him by King George VI after World War II.

2. Princess Elizabeth and President Harry S. Truman.

Princess Elizabeth and President Harry S. Truman in the Canadian Embassy in Washington on Nov. 1, 1951, during a formal dinner for the Trumans. The princess and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, played host to the Trumans following their Canadian tour.

1. Queen Elizabeth and (former) President Herbert Hoover.

Queen Elizabeth met former President Herbert Hoover in 1957, more than 20 years after he left the White House. She joined Hoover and New York Mayor Robert Wagner at a luncheon in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New York.