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Mayhem in Mosul – Old Story, New Chapter
A long analysis by Hamid Hussain, posted with a note that the poster will comment later, on ISIS’s rapid capture of Tikrit and Mosul as Iraqi forces folded, placed in…
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Super excellent news (if true)
A report that Afghan police killed two Taliban insurgents accused of cutting off the fingers of 11 elderly voters in Herat; the poster welcomes it if true, fears scapegoats, and…
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SOS!!! (send the boys in, bring our girls home)
Asking why India rules out emergency evacuation of its 18,000 nationals in Iraq, including Kerala nurses, the post argues that a country with one of the world’s most powerful volunteer…
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“Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam”
Quoting a long account of the 1975 US evacuation of Saigon, introduced through Ira Chernus on similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, with the poster asking whether helicopters will again leave…
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Heart for Hvovi (in 13 min 22 sec)
On a heart delivered across Chennai in 13 minutes by a ‘green corridor’ for a transplant patient, the post celebrates cooperation, says ideological fights are silly since a Hindu heart…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,924 comments
