Maj. Mark Mitchell (right) observes fighting between Northern Alliance troops and Taliban on the second day of a prison uprising at an Afghanistan fortress. During the three-day seige two years ago, a CIA agent was killed and Mitchell earned a top military honor for heroism. Photo from The Free RepublicCan Intelligence Be Intelligent? -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
PowerPoint presentations will not win the war in Afghanistan.
'Intelligence," Daniel Patrick Moynihan once observed, "is not to be confused with intelligence." To read two recent analyses of U.S. intelligence failures is to be reminded of the truth of that statement, albeit in very different ways.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Getting to Know You (Afghanistan) -- Claudia Anderson, Weekly Standard
Avoiding Another Great Game: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan can cooperate, not compete, for peace and prosperity in the region. -- Ashok Mehta, Wall Street Journal
Al-Qaeda’s Resiliency No Excuse to Abandon Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
A Terrorist Goes Free: Apparently we do negotiate with hostage-takers. -- Bill Roggio, Weekly Standard
Al Qaeda’s Shadowland -- Edmund J. Hull, New York Times
We Need a Smarter Way to Fight the Jihadi Elite -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Pakistan: An Insurgent's Paradise -- Adnan Khan, Maclean's
North Korean Money Troubles -- Nicholas Eberstadt, Wall Street Journal
Chavez Hits The Poor -- IBD Editorials
The Tel Aviv Cluster -- David Brooks, New York Times
China and the Islamic Republic -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Is China Really Growing That Fast? -- IBD Editorials
Beijing Economic Policy Rocks the Global Boat -- Wieland Wagner, Spiegel Online
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