MIZAN BREAK - U.S. Army soldiers take a quick break during a dismounted patrol near Combat Outpost Mizan, Mizan District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to Company F, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael CallonNo ‘Graceful Exit’ From Afghanistan -- Bob Herbert, New York Times
In his book, “The Promise,” about President Obama’s first year in office, Jonathan Alter describes a brief conversation between the president and Vice President Joe Biden that took place last November at the end of Mr. Obama’s long deliberation about what to do in Afghanistan.
Mr. Biden asked whether the new policy of beginning a significant withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011 was a direct presidential order that could not be countermanded by the military. The president said yes.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
How nukes will transform Iran: Why possession of ultimate weapon will strengthen Revolutionary Guard -- Michael Rubin , New York Daily News
Israel and the missile-strike option -- George Will, Houston Chronicle/Washington Post
The Real Problem Is Not the Mosque, but the Nukes -- Paul Hsieh, American Thinker
The Tolerant Pose: Intolerance is not just part of al-Qaeda, it is part of Islam. -- Andrew McCarthy, National Review
China to dominate in 2030? Maybe not. -- Nin-Hai Tseng, Forune
China surges ahead -- Telegraph editorial
China's global influence increases -- Frank Ching, China Post
Media Miss Cartels' War In U.S. -- IBD Editorials
Kaplan Is All Wrong About Gates -- Benjamin Domenech, The Compass
Dismantling America -- Thomas Sowell, Real Clear Politics
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