Happy Birthday Sir. I always like reading your comments and trying to get into your head, to see what you are seeing, to understand what you are thinking.
Have a wonderful birthday and many thanks for all the insightful posts and comments! You are a treasure I am sure to your family and friends and adopted country!
Happy Birthday, FB, and as Pat has said, may God bless!
Posted by: Maureen Lang | 20 February 2014 at 08:50 PM
Happy birthday, Brigadier Ali, and may you enjoy many more. I very much look forward to reading your new book.
Posted by: The Twisted Genius | 20 February 2014 at 09:04 PM
Happy Birthday Sir. I always like reading your comments and trying to get into your head, to see what you are seeing, to understand what you are thinking.
Posted by: SAC Brat | 20 February 2014 at 09:05 PM
Happy Birthday, Brigadier General, Ali. May there be many more, sir.
Posted by: Brien J Miller | 20 February 2014 at 09:27 PM
Amen to that. Happy birthday, Furrukh.
Posted by: Ingolf | 20 February 2014 at 10:25 PM
Have a wonderful birthday and many thanks for all the insightful posts and comments! You are a treasure I am sure to your family and friends and adopted country!
Posted by: William R. Cumming | 20 February 2014 at 10:38 PM
We have Fathers and we have Life Dads...
hugs from afar!
Posted by: 505th PIR | 20 February 2014 at 10:53 PM
Many happy returns Brigadier.
Ishmael Zechariah
Posted by: Ishmael Zechariah | 20 February 2014 at 10:56 PM
Happy birthday, Brigadier Ali.
Posted by: Medicine Man | 20 February 2014 at 11:34 PM
Congratulations Sir, Happy Birthday, and best wishes!
Posted by: Charles Cameron | 20 February 2014 at 11:49 PM
Many happy returns Brig. Ali!
Posted by: Walrus | 20 February 2014 at 11:58 PM
FB
Happy Birthday & Best wishes for many more!
Posted by: zanzibar | 21 February 2014 at 01:56 AM
Happy birthday to the Brigadier! :)
Posted by: kao_hsien_chih | 21 February 2014 at 02:01 AM
gracious birthday to you and yours, and many more.
Posted by: fasteddiez | 21 February 2014 at 02:53 AM
Congratulations FB Ali. My very best wishes to you. And many thanks for teaching us.
Posted by: b | 21 February 2014 at 04:14 AM
F.B. Ali,
A very happy birthday.
And many thanks for the lucid analysis on Afghanistan, the differences between different forms of Islamism, and other matters.
Posted by: David Habakkuk | 21 February 2014 at 07:08 AM
A happy birthday and many happy returns!
Thank you for your writing.
I am looking forward to reading your book,
best,
Confusedponderer
Posted by: confusedponderer | 21 February 2014 at 08:23 AM
FB Ali-
Wishing you a happy birthday which I hope finds you in good health . . .
Posted by: seydlitz89 | 21 February 2014 at 08:59 AM
Happy Birthday Sir!
Posted by: kxd | 21 February 2014 at 09:08 AM
FB Ali-
Wishes for a happy birthday, a healthy year and many more to come!
Posted by: Tom in Texas | 21 February 2014 at 09:37 AM
Happy Birthday Good Sir!
Posted by: mac | 21 February 2014 at 10:11 AM
I hope I look as good at 85. Happy birthday.
Posted by: Tyler | 21 February 2014 at 10:23 AM
Happy birthday FB. Enjoy that gold medal in hockey, too. We'll see how the men fair today. I'm looking forward to reading your book.
Posted by: Fred | 21 February 2014 at 10:39 AM
I am overwhelmed. Thank you all. Coming from Sic Semper Tyrannis and the SST community, these wishes are special for me!
Posted by: FB Ali | 21 February 2014 at 11:10 AM
FB Ali
پشت دوتای فلک راست شد از خرّمی
تا چو تو فرزند زاد مادر ایام را
حکمت محض است اگر لطف جهان آفرین
خاص کند بنده ای مصلحت عام را
دولت جاوید یافت هر که نکونام زیست
کز عقبش ذکر خیر زنده کند نام را
وصف ترا گر کنند ور نکنند اهل فضل
حاجت مشّاطه نیست روی دلارام را
Posted by: Babak Makkinejad | 21 February 2014 at 11:16 AM