Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 25, 2010

LEAVING IRAQ - U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division board a C-17 scheduled to depart Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2010. The soldiers front-loaded their bags to help smooth the process of boarding the aircraft. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ry Norris

US Troops Marching Out - Or Are They? -- Gareth Porter, Asia Times

WASHINGTON - When the Barack Obama administration unveiled its plan last week for an improvised State Department-controlled army of contractors to replace all US combat troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, critics associated with the US command attacked the transition plan, insisting that the United States must continue to assume that US combat forces should and can remain in Iraq indefinitely.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Pakistan's floods have left a country that's too difficult to rule -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

The perils of the peace process: Talks will weaken Abbas -- John Bolton, New York Daily News

Iran's Ambassadors of Death -- Washington Times editorial

Iran Goes Nuclear: An Analysis of the Bushehr Nuclear Plant and Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks -- Renanah Miles, Small Wars Journal

Evaluating China’s Military Strength -- Michael Mazza, National Review

China warns US-friendly neighbors -- Frank Ching, China Post

The Right US Pacific Strategy? -- Gail Harris, The Diplomat

Obama's other surge -- in Yemen -- Christian Science Monitor editorial

Will India’s Military Revolt?
-- Madhav Nalapat, The Diplomat

Vietnam is not, repeat not, Asia's new Mighty Mouse -- Sol Sanders, Washington Times

Claudy bombing: Terrorist priest protected in 1972 probe -- Belfast Telegraph

Pentagon Whitewashes Cause of Ft. Hood Massacre -- Martha Zoller, Human Events

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