Friday, August 13, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 13, 2010

U.S. Army soldiers set up a tactical satellite communication system in Shekhabad Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest

The State Of The War (In Afghanistan) -- New York Times Editorial

We believe that the United States has a powerful national interest in Afghanistan, in depriving Al Qaeda of a safe haven on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. This country would also do enormous damage to its moral and strategic standing if it now simply abandoned the Afghan people to the Taliban’s brutalities.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

U.S. soldiers' mission shows Afghan war's uncertainties -- Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy News

Sacrilege at Ground Zero -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

Kagame's Priorities for Rwanda: First Prosperity, then Freedom of Expression -- Horand Knaup, Spiegel Online

Rising Asia Sinks Non Proliferation Dreams
-- Harsh Pant, Real Clear World/Global

How the Cheonan Really Sank: What Do the Koreas Do Now? -- Bill Powell, Time Magazine

Pakistan's Economic collapse -- Cyril Almeida, DAWN

A Quiet Shift in Mexico's Drug War -- Alma Guillermoprieto, New York Review Of Books

How Chávez tries to hide the truth about his government -- Washington Post editorial

Justice delayed for U.S. military voters: Department ignores states' likely refusal to comply with ballot rules -- Eric Eversole, Washington Times

At war with the oil sands: From the courts to Capitol Hill, America is turning on Alberta oil -- Colby Cosh, Macleans

The Obsolescence of Barack Obama
-- Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal

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