Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 1, 2010

US President Barack Obama in a national security meeting in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington on February 17. Pete Souza/The White House/Reuters/File

The War On Terror And The Revolt Of The Generals -- Wall Street Journal

The strain of a prolonged conflict has led some military officers to believe they're better than the society they're serving.

There are few things more important to a democratic republic than a healthy relationship between its government and its military establishment. During the 1990s, many defense experts claimed that all was not well with civil-military relations in America. Nothing better illustrated the turbulent state of civil-military relations during this period than the hostility on the part of the uniformed military toward President Bill Clinton, whose antimilitary stance as a young man during the Vietnam War years did not endear him to soldiers.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Why is Obama sending troops to Afghanistan? -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

Afghanistan: A war without end, or rationale -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

The U.S. and Pakistan: An alliance too crucial to fail -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Taking On China -- Paul Krugman, New York Times

A Message for China -- New York Times editorial

Beyond brinkmanship: A better economic path for the U.S. and China -- Mohamed A. El-Erian, Washington Post

What Confucius says is useful to China's rulers -- Daniel K. Gardner, L.A. Times

The center of Asia's divide -- Brahma Chellaney, Japan Times

A ghost of Latin America past? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

Britain in Search of a Grand Strategy -- Zenpundit

Croatia, A modern mafia state: Communist-era corruption still persists -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times

Ecuador's Coup that Wasn't -- Joel D. Hirst, Council On Foreign Relations

Counterinsurgency: Let’s Drink Tea Later -- Herschel Smith, Captain's Journal

Building a new generation of visionary leaders for the US military -- Fabius Maximus

Dangers of a politicized military -- Washington Post

Pound-foolish on national security -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post

Beware the Cyberscare: Big Brother wants more power over the Internet -- Washington Times editorial