Cut The Pentagon, Too -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Why Obama's spending freeze should apply to (most of) the military.
President Obama's proposal tonight to freeze discretionary federal spending for three years may or may not be a smart idea. Certainly it is a good idea to exclude, as he put it, "spending related to national security." I hope he realizes, however, that such spending is not synonymous with the Defense Department budget.
Like the budgets of all bureaucracies, but much more so, the Pentagon is stuffed with entrenched interests, parochial barons, and internecine rivalries.
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
Analysis: Why Obama sidelined foreign policy -- John Aloysius Farrell, Global Post
An Israeli attack on Iran? Don’t hold your breath -- Michael Young, The National
A Loss of Faith in Afghanistan -- Erik Malmstrom, New York Times
The Challenges of Reconstruction in Afghanistan -- Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review.
Afghanistan must no longer be the world’s chessboard -- David Miliband, The National
Afghanistan: More Talks, More War -- The Guardian, editorial
Military partnerships may be the nation's best path to peace -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Drones and the law -- Rafia Zakaria, DAWN
Preventing New Gas Wars -- Simon Pirani, The Moscow Times
It doesn't pay to appease China -- Ma Jian, Japan Times
Japan and the American Bases -- New York Times, editorial
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