Pakistani fire fighters try to extinguish burning NATO supply trucks carrying military vehicles and oil following militants attack on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 9, 2010. Photo from Islamization WatchSave Energy, Save Our Troops -- Steven M. Anderson, New York Times
A NATO oil tanker truck was blown up by insurgents at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last week, and while no one was injured, the incident temporarily closed the Khyber Pass, the main supply artery for Western troops in the Afghan theater. This has become an all-too-routine occurrence; in the last nine years some 1,000 Americans have been killed on fuel-related missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Behind Lebanon's New Political Crisis -- Nicholas Blanford, Time Magazine
Q+A: What next for Lebanon after government collapse? -- Reuters
Hezbollah’s Latest Suicide Mission -- Thanassis Cambanis, New York Times
Our Broken China Policy -- Irwin M. Stelzer, Weekly Standard
A U.S.-China Reset? -- Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment
Analysis: Obama and Hu seek common ground amid disputes -- Reuters
Foreign Policy: In Talks, US Must Be Firm With China -- David Rothkopf, NPR
Chinese Foreign Policy: China’s tough new attitude is both dangerous and counterproductive -- The Economist
Political reform: China's next modernization? -- Daniel Twining, Washington Post
China's military challenge -- Michael Richardson, Japan Times
More Conservatives Are Questioning the Afghanistan War -- Matt Lewis, Politics Daily
Defeat in Afghanistan Wouldn't be Cheap -- Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard
Obama has been mugged by the reality of Gitmo -- Thomas Joscelyn, Washington Examiner
Why Did We Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell? -- Alicia Colon, Irish Examiner
Chinese students' high scores in international tests come at a cost -- Megan K. Stack, Los Angeles Times