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War Stories 2010:
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- Lost in a Muddle Obama's frustrating, unfocused speech on Iraq.
Sept. 1, 2010 - The Afghanistan War Is Mainly About Pakistan and India Actually, it's about the whole region.
Aug. 24, 2010 - Will Israel Bomb Iran? A close reading of Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic article.
Aug. 11, 2010 - A Good Start Robert Gates' crafty but inadequate plan to cut the Pentagon budget.
Aug. 9, 2010 - Over the Top Charging the WikiLeaks leaker with treason would be absurd.
Aug. 4, 2010 - Reading the Intelligence Why spies, counterspies, and counter-counterspies are so popular right now.
July 30, 2010 - Not the Pentagon Papers No one who's been paying attention should be surprised by the WikiLeaks documents about the war in Afghanistan.
July 26, 2010 - The Geek Labyrinth The most frightening thing about our unfathomably complex intelligence bureaucracy.
July 22, 2010 - Good News and Bad News From Afghanistan Petraeus is already making improvements, but they won't matter if Karzai doesn't reform.
July 14, 2010 - Wrong-Headed Romney Mitt Romney's dumb critique of Obama's New START nuke treaty.
July 7, 2010 - Inside Dopes Let's hope our undercover agents are better than these newly uncovered Russian spies.
June 30, 2010 - Now What? Can a new commander improve the dire situation in Afghanistan?
June 24, 2010 - McChrystal: Gone and Soon Forgotten Naming Petraeus in his place is a stroke of personnel genius.
June 23, 2010 - Who's in Charge Here? What Rolling Stone's McChrystal profile reveals about our fractured command in Afghanistan.
June 22, 2010 - Fainting Spells Gen. Petraeus' collapse is a grim metaphor for the prospects of the Kandahar offensive.
June 15, 2010 - Are Brazil and Turkey Delusional or Deceptive? Why their nuclear deal with Iran is worse than useless.
June 11, 2010 - Does Clapper Have the DNA To Be DNI? Obama's pick for director of national intelligence has the right temperament—and the right friends—to do the job.
June 8, 2010 - That's No Way To Enforce a Blockade How Israel botched what should have been a straightforward military operation.
June 1, 2010 - Why Is Kim Jong-il Suddenly So Aggressive? Actually, North and South Korean ships have been clashing for years.
May 26, 2010 - The Cyborg Insects Are Coming! Why it's futile to resist new military technology.
May 19, 2010 - We, Robot Is it dangerous to let drones fight our wars for us?
May 19, 2010 - Wonder Weapons Don't Win Wars Cool high-tech devices have changed the face of modern warfare but not its nature.
May 19, 2010 - Hey, Senate Republicans, the Cold War Is Over You wouldn't know it from some of the questions in today's Senate hearings.
May 18, 2010 - How Are Things Going in Afghanistan? A Pentagon report says: not well.
May 14, 2010 - Charm Offensive The White House's new Afghanistan plan: Be nice to Hamid Karzai.
May 11, 2010 - Full Disclosure Why President Obama revealed how many weapons are in the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
May 7, 2010 - Cheney's Wrong, Jacobs Was Right, and Cameras Do Work Three lessons from the Times Square bomb.
May 3, 2010 - The Cyber Peril The United States is completely unprepared to fight a cyberwar.
April 29, 2010 - Talk About Posturing Palin and Gingrich are wrong about Obama's nuclear strategy.
April 12, 2010 - Nuclear Dreams and Nightmares Obama's new and old policy on The Bomb.
April 6, 2010 - Has Karzai Gone Crazy? What matters is whether he's a reliable partner.
April 5, 2010 - Why Suicide Bombers Haven't Struck American Subways Sheer luck is a big part of it.
March 30, 2010 - Agreeing To Agree The U.S.-Russian arms treaty may not be big news, but it's good news.
March 26, 2010 - Is Peace at Hand in Afghanistan? Probably not.
March 25, 2010 - Has Obama Turned Against Israel? The charge is ludicrous.
March 17, 2010 - How Important Is Obama's Nuclear Posture Review? Nuclear policy matters, but the new document will be a side show.
March 3, 2010 - Stop Slapping the Allies, Secretary Gates Is NATO well-suited to wage war in Afghanistan?
Feb. 25, 2010 - Cheney's War He's fighting not Obama but his own, long-lost battles.
Feb. 18, 2010 - Should We Stop Worrying and Love the Iranian Bomb? Debunking the nutty theory that Iranian nukes are a good thing.
Feb. 12, 2010 - Sarah Palin's Storm at the Tea Party Why haven't responsible Republicans spoken out against her?
Feb. 8, 2010 - Watch What They Spend, Not What They Say The Obama administration says missile defense isn't as important as it used to be. Its budget says otherwise.
Feb. 4, 2010 - Too Big To Fail? President Obama has proposed the largest defense budget since World War II.
Feb. 2, 2010 - Mass Effect Will Scott Brown's victory turn Obama into a foreign-policy president?
Jan. 20, 2010 - Nothing To Talk About Why Obama is right to ignore North Korea's latest overture.
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