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On March 29, the second day of Passover and the first Monday of Holy Week for many Christians, PBS stations.
It may help to examine the conduct of Trump’s immediate and hapless predecessor Barack Obama. While Obama managed to alienate all of America’s major Middle Eastern allies, especially Israel, and empower Iranian tyranny, Trump managed to reverse almost all of these mistakes while bringing the kind of diplomatic breakthroughs that Obama dreamed of.
Ironically, it is the comparison to Obama that reveals those qualities that make Trump so disgraceful in other areas but that allowed him succeed in the Middle East. Obama, while far more admirable than Trump as a person, was immensely ill-suited to a place as violent and unforgiving as the Middle East. His ideological origins are in the progressive movement and the Black church, which both place enormous emphasis on the idea of redemption the redemption of the individual and the redemption of the world. The goal is to make th
On March 29, the second day of Passover and the first Monday of Holy Week for many Christians, PBS stations.
People forced to stay home found creative ways to spend their days sharing jokes online, reading, organizing, finally getting to projects they had put off for years. Friends became more important, and many new friendships blossomed. New business ideas grew. Families became closer.
Unfortunately, my husband’s father was dying in early June, in the midst of both national crises. Despite the risks, our family traveled to Pittsburgh safely, and following local laws to be at his bedside. Our need to have closure trumped the pandemic.
Ashraf Ghani Fast Facts
Personal
Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Father: Shah Pesand
Religion: Muslim
Other Facts
Ghani is a former US citizen who gave up his passport to run for the Afghan presidency in 2009.
He was working at the World Bank in Washington during the September 11 attacks, and used the tragedy as a springboard for his re-engagement in Afghan politics, returning to his home country just months after the event.
Was diagnosed with cancer and had to have part of his stomach removed.
Hired Democratic pundit James Carville to manage his 2009 presidential campaign.
His wife is Lebanese-American.
1977 – Comes to the United States to study anthropology at Columbia University in New York.