Obama, An Afghanistan War Exit Plan, And Getting 'Rolled' -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science MonitorExcerpts from a new Bob Woodward book on the Obama administration's debates over the Afghanistan war reveal a president deeply leery of open-ended commitment – and a military pushing for more control over war policy.
Bob Woodward's new book on the battle within the Obama administration over commitment to the Afghanistan war, objectives, and exit strategy promises to be awkward for the president and his party as midterm elections in November get closer.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Woodward strikes again -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy
Bob Woodward’s 'Obama's Wars' exposes a weak-kneed president who doesn’t believe in American victory -- Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph
Why Bob Woodward's New Book Should Scare the Hell Out of All Americans -- The Lid
Woodward describes Obama’s incoherent “terms sheet” -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal
A Sad Milestone... -- Time Magazine
Record casualties in Afghanistan: Can we bear them? -- Washington Post
Homeland Defense In Afghanistan -- Strategy Page
Progress for democracy in Afghanistan -- Washington Times editorial
Why did warnings about murders by soldiers in Afghanistan go unheeded? -- Washington Post editorial
Criticism Grows of Afghanistan's Bloated NGO Industry -- Walter Mayr, Spiegel Online
Brazilians: Our corrupt politicians are doing a great job! -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Robert Mugabe's bloody diamond deal with China -- Phil Boehmke, American Thinker
On red alert and perilously uninformed -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
The struggle for Arctic riches -- Richard Galpin, BBC News
Too Many Hamburgers? (How China sees the U.S.) -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
New era as China's rise brings reign of Europe to an end -- Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald
A Sino-centric Asia unlikely -- Ralph Cossa, Japan Times
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