Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis On President Obama's Counterterrorism Speech

President Obama speaks about his administration's counterterrorism policy at the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington Thursday. Larry Downing/Reuters

Obama Retools Terror War, Saying America Is 'At A Crossroads' -- Linda Feldman, Christian Science Monitor

In a major address on defense policy, President Obama said the war on terror is shifting and laid out new rules for drone strikes. He also proposed new plans for some Guantánamo Bay detainees.

America is “at a crossroads” in its fight against terrorism, President Obama declared Thursday, as he announced new guidelines narrowing the use of drones to target terror suspects, and renewed his effort to close the US detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Beyond Afghanistan, where the US combat mission is winding down, “we must define our effort not as a boundless ‘global war on terror’ – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America,” Mr. Obama said in a major address at the National Defense University in Washington.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis On President Obama's Counterterrorism Speech

Republicans: Obama speech a 'retreat' from terror fight -- AFP
Obama rhetorically ends the 'war on terror' ... while vowing it will go on by other means. -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Questions Obama dodged in terror speech -- AFP
Barack Obama struggles to redefine the 'war on terror' -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Obama Kinda Sorta Narrows the Scope of the War on Terror -- Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Obama reaches for moral high ground on drones, Gitmo -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
No, the War on Terror Isn't Ending -- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Atlantic
Is the war on terror coming to an end? -- Keith Wagstaff, The Week
Will Obama counterterrorism transparency change anything? -- Matthew Alexander, MSNBC
Obama the Idealist vs. Obama the Terrorist Killer -- Garrett Epps, The Atlantic
Intelligence Analyst: Obama Made 'A Promise He Can't Keep' -- Heather Maher, Radio Free Europe
Obama’s speech leaves human rights questions unanswered -- Meredith Clark, MSNBC
Analysts: Obama’s New Policy Will Reduce Drone Strikes -- Julien E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Obama and counter-terrorism: bringing drones in from the cold -- The Guardian editorial
The cost of Obama's secret drone war -- PJ Crowley, BBC
Viewpoint: Drones, modern war, and the US -- Gary Solis, BBC
Five Reasons Why Drones Are Here to Stay -- Romesh Ratnesar, Bloomberg Businessweek
Obama nails it on drones -- Michael O’Hanlon, Special to CNN
A look at the drone policy outlined by President Barack Obama -- Washington Post/AP
5 Things we learned from Obama's speech -- Bryan Monroe and Adam Levine, CNN
Obama offers a promise on Guantanamo but no direction -- Mark Mardell, BBC
What Obama's Speech Means for Guantanamo -- John Knefel, Rolling Stone
9 myths about drones and Guantanamo -- Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst, and Jennifer Rowland, Special to CNN