Death Of A Madman: What Obama Does Next Will Help Define The Legacy Of Osama Bin Laden. -- Christopher Hitchens, Slate
There are several pleasant little towns like Abbottabad in Pakistan, strung out along the roads that lead toward the mountains from Rawalpindi (the garrison town of Pakistani's military brass and, until 2003, a safe-house for Khalid Sheik Muhammed). Muzaffarabad, Abbottabad … cool in summer and winter, with majestic views and discreet amenities. The colonial British—like Maj. James Abbott, who gave his name to this one—called them "hill stations," designed for the rest and recreation of commissioned officers. The charming idea, like the location itself, survives among the Pakistani officer corps. If you tell me that you are staying in a rather nice walled compound in Abbottabad, I can tell you in return that you are the honored guest of a military establishment that annually consumes several billion dollars of American aid. It's the sheer blatancy of it that catches the breath.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Anger From Pakistan -- Eliza Griswold, The Daily Beast
What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden -- Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Osama bin Laden killing may shape future of US cooperation with Pakistan -- Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
Analysis: Death may be turning point in U.S.-Pakistan relations -- CNN
Was killing bin Laden legal? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Drug Trafficking In Afghanistan: Implications For Regional Security – Analysis -- Eurasia Review
Afghanistan Still Vital to Terrorist Fight -- Max Boot and Jeane J. Kirkpatrick , Council On Foreign Relations
Syria’s regime must be held to account -- Financial Times editorial
Handing Jihadis Cause: Assad says fundamentalists are behind the unrest. They’re not. But his iron fist could bring them home. -- Nibras Kazimi, Newsweek
Sons of the Revolution: Can a ragtag civilian army defeat a dictator? -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
The Kings We Crown -- Mark Moyar, New York Times
Pandering to the Al-Sauds -- Hossein Askari, National Interest
A Casual Relationship with the Truth at Guantanamo -- John Goetz, Mathieu von Rohr, Marcel Rosenbach and Britta Sandberg, Spiegel Online
The Global Economy’s Corporate Crime Wave -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate
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