Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 7, 2011

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Angela Pollard, left, and Air Force 1st Lt. Scott Adamson, right, secure the Jugi bridge in Mehtar Lam in Laghman province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2011. Pollard is a medic and Adamson is an engineer assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. They were assessing the structural integrity of the newly constructed bridge. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane

In Memory of Thirty Warriors Lost in an Afghan Wasteland -- Larry Purdy, Pajamas Media

The commander in chief should no longer demand the ultimate sacrifice from our fighting men in a war he is not fully committed to winning.

In the August 6, 2011, darkness of an Afghan night, a large contingent of elite U.S. warriors flew into the proverbial valley of the shadow of death. While the details of this particular mission remain murky and confusing, it is reported that 22 Navy SEALs, three Air Force special operations ground controllers, and five Army helicopter crew members along with seven Afghan commandos and an Afghan interpreter were heading into a region southwest of Kabul to engage Taliban insurgents. During the mission, their CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down by enemy forces. None of the men on board survived.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Human rights rhetoric grows in Middle East -- Shadi Mokhtari, Al Jazeera

The undimmed danger of Iran’s nuclear program -- Washington Post editorial

Israel’s Borders: It’s Complicated -- Seth Mandel, Commentary

China’s Iceland Moment -- Evan Osnos, New Yorker

Haiti’s Needless Cholera Deaths -- New York Times editorial

Proof That the War on Terror Was Successful -- Abe Greenwald, Commentary

How We Enabled Al Qaeda -- Bruce Riedel, Daily Beast/Newsweek

Did Osama bin Laden win the war after all? -- John Birmingham, Sydney Morning Herald

CIA Black Sites are Europe's Dirty Secret -- IBTimes

Analysis: As Petraeus becomes America's top spy, will he militarise the CIA? -- The Telegraph

The Whole Truth and Nothing But -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Obama’s 9/11 delusion -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times

9/11, 10 years later -- Ed Feulner, The Washington Times

Obama set to propose $300 billion economic plan: What’s the likely impact? -- Zachary Roth, The Lookout/Yahoo News

Is the world doomed to suffer another Depression? -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph