Massacre, Followed By Libel -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The charge: The Tucson massacre is a consequence of the "climate of hate" created by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Obamacare opponents and sundry other liberal betes noires.
The verdict: Rarely in American political discourse has there been a charge so reckless, so scurrilous and so unsupported by evidence.
As killers go, Jared Loughner is not reticent. Yet among all his writings, postings, videos and other ravings - and in all the testimony from all the people who knew him - there is not a single reference to any of these supposed accessories to murder.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
China's imperialism on full display -- Adm. James A. Lyons, The Washington Times
China spurns strategic security talks with U.S. -- Bill Gertz, The Washington Times
Will Southern Sudan be a precedent for Somaliland? -- Joshua Keating, Passport/Foreign Policy
What's the next move in the Ivory Coast? -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy: Karzai Is Not Insane, Just Irrelevant -- Paul Miller, NPR
Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say -- David Wood, Politics Daily
AfPak's Strategic Blinders -- T.X. Hammes, Foreign Policy
ANALYSIS: U.S., China at odds over long-term strategies amid rising Asia tensions -- Asahi.com
Can Talks Stop U.S.-China Arms Race? -- Spencer Ackerman, The Danger Room
Gates and China's leaders -- William R. Hawkins, American Thinker
Our Military Personnel System Is in Definite Need of Reform -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
How Many Gitmo Alumni Take Up Arms? -- Peter Bergen, Katherine Tiedemann, Andrew Lebovich
Haitian Americans' task to rebuild their homeland -- Marjorie Valbrun, Washington Post
An OAS report offers a way past Haiti's political paralysis -- Washington Post editorial
Over the Horizon: The Pentagon's Revolving Door -- Robert Farley, World Politics Review
India's military shopping spree -- Jason Overdorf, GlobalPost
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