HELICOPTER WATCH - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyrel Greenough watches the helicopter that will take him and the rest of the men participating in Operation Big Wave back to base land in Khanagawr, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2010. The operation was conducted to disrupt the enemy from using supply lines to bring weapons and fighters into Nawa province. Greenough is a corpsman with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark FaylogaThe Pentagon's Budget Is Not Bloated -- Zbigniew Mazurak, American Thinker
With America facing a $1.4-trillion deficit, ideological opponents of a strong defense -- liberals and libertarians alike -- have called on the Congress to severely reduce the defense budget.
To try to justify their proposals, they make false claims about the defense budget, including its size and how it compares to the other items in the federal budget. However, none of these claims stand up to scrutiny.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Afghanistan plan verges on folly -- National Post opinion
How Unmasking Afghan CIA Sources Hurts Us -- Robert Baer, Time Magazine
A Pashtun Writes -- Sharifullah Sahak, New York Times
A Very Long Engagement -- Noah Feldman, Wall Street Journal
Leaving Iraq -- New York Times editorial
Grim stability is the US legacy in Iraq -- The Independent opinion
Iraq in hindsight -- The National opinion
The killing fields of Ramadan in Iraq -- Jihad Hashim Brown, The National
In Iran, shackling the Bahai torchbearers -- Roxana Saberi, Washington Post
Military Commission for Mastermind of USS Cole Attack Delayed, Again -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
Signals and Noise in Intelligence -- G. Murphy Donovan, Small Wars Journal
US dollar no longer the only way for trade among Asians -- China Post opinion
Why South Korea Isn't Asia's Switzerland -- Paul Kennedy, New York Times
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