Subsidizing Higher Education Is Not Creating Widespread External Benefits

Pakistan Deploys Thousands Of Troops, Jet Fighter Squadron To Saudi Arabia Via The Cradle Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a ​squadron of fighter jets, and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense pact, Reuters reported on Monday, citing security and government officials. The officials described the Pakistani deployment as a "substantial, combat-capable force intended to support Saudi Arabia's military if the kingdom comes under further attack," Reuters wrote. Illustrative via Pakistan air force Pakistan's military cooperation with ‌the Saudi kingdom is expanding amid threats by the US and Israel to renew military operations against Iran,...

White House Working On NATO 'Naughty & Nice' List Based On Iran War Support US officials are drafting what diplomats provocatively describe as a "naughty and nice" list ranking NATO allies based on their support for the US-Israeli war against Iran. Fresh reporting in Politico describes the proposal, developed ahead of NATO chief Mark Rutte's visit to Washington this month, as placing member states into tiers while outlining consequences for those refusing to participate in military operations against Iran, according to European diplomats and a US defense official familiar with the discussions. Source:...

BBC Report Portrays Islamic Child Slavery In Afghanistan As Necessary Anti-immigration movements in the US and Europe have been saying it for years:  The Islamic world is barbaric and backwards, built on archaic ideas that are completely antithetical to western values.  Yet, progressive governments and their media allies continue in their attempts to portray these cultures as "the same", or, as sympathetic.  The historical Islamic justification for child marriage comes from the story in the Hadith of Muhammad's marriage to a 6-year-old girl named Aisha, which he consummated when she turned...