Saturday, August 28, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 28, 2010

HELICOPTER WATCH - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyrel Greenough watches the helicopter that will take him and the rest of the men participating in Operation Big Wave back to base land in Khanagawr, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2010. The operation was conducted to disrupt the enemy from using supply lines to bring weapons and fighters into Nawa province. Greenough is a corpsman with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga

The Pentagon's Budget Is Not Bloated -- Zbigniew Mazurak, American Thinker

With America facing a $1.4-trillion deficit, ideological opponents of a strong defense -- liberals and libertarians alike -- have called on the Congress to severely reduce the defense budget.

To try to justify their proposals, they make false claims about the defense budget, including its size and how it compares to the other items in the federal budget. However, none of these claims stand up to scrutiny.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Afghanistan plan verges on folly -- National Post opinion

How Unmasking Afghan CIA Sources Hurts Us -- Robert Baer, Time Magazine

A Pashtun Writes -- Sharifullah Sahak, New York Times

A Very Long Engagement -- Noah Feldman, Wall Street Journal

Leaving Iraq -- New York Times editorial

Grim stability is the US legacy in Iraq -- The Independent opinion

Iraq in hindsight -- The National opinion

The killing fields of Ramadan in Iraq -- Jihad Hashim Brown, The National

In Iran, shackling the Bahai torchbearers
-- Roxana Saberi, Washington Post

Military Commission for Mastermind of USS Cole Attack Delayed, Again -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard

Signals and Noise in Intelligence
-- G. Murphy Donovan, Small Wars Journal

US dollar no longer the only way for trade among Asians -- China Post opinion

Why South Korea Isn't Asia's Switzerland -- Paul Kennedy, New York Times

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