Thomas L. Friedman: What Joe Biden and I saw after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan The future almost could have written itself.
By Thomas L. Friedman New York Times April 19, 2021 11:41am Text size Copy shortlink:
I was not surprised that Joe Biden decided to finally pull the plug on the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. Back in 2002, it was reasonable to hope that our invasion there to topple Osama bin Laden and his Taliban allies could be extended to help make that country a more stable, tolerant and decent place for its citizens and less likely to host jihadi groups. But it was also reasonable to fear from the start that trying to graft a Western political culture onto such a deeply tribalized, m
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Jake Tapper at Daniel Pearl Lecture: Press Must Stand as âLighthouse in a Fogâ
In this era of conspiracy rumors and lies in high places âthe journalist must stand as the lighthouse in a fog,â declared Jake Tapper, one of the countryâs most influential reporters as chief of the CNN Washington bureau.
Tapper returned to the theme of journalistic integrity frequently as he delivered the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture not, as customary, before a live and involved audience at UCLA but via Zoom to more than a thousand listeners nationwide.
âThe journalist must not be valueless,â Tapper continued. âHe must stand up for honesty. Thatâs what Danny Pearl stood for.â
Last week, I reached out to Tamara Pearl for a statement while working on a story about Pakistan’s shocking Supreme Court order to release the man who masterminded the kidnapping and murder of her brother, journalist Daniel Pearl, 19 years ago.
In our short exchange, I told her to give her parents my best because I did not have the courage to write them myself.
All day, Pakistan’s WhatsApp press broadcasts had buzzed with the same terrible news. Columns poured in. What would the release of mastermind Omar Sheikh mean for Pakistan-U.S. relations? Was there any legal premise for Sheikh to be extradited? Had Pakistan’s courts just failed the ultimate test in front of the whole world?