Army On Trial Too As Sgt. Robert Bales Faces Charges For Afghanistan Shootings -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged Friday for the Afghanistan shootings, but Congress must also probe the Pentagon over the way it screens soldiers sent back to war after an injury.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier suspected in the most violent shooting rampage against civilians in the Afghanistan war, has now been charged with 17 counts of murder. As more is learned about his background and the events of March 11, much of the media has focused on one question: Why?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
U.S. struggles with Iran for influence in Iraq -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
Maliki's Dangerous Tightrope Act -- Kenneth M. Pollack, National interest
Lavrov’s delusion on Syria -- Arab News editorial
Israel’s six strategic errors -- Patrick Seale, Special to Gulf News
France's Jihadist Shooter Was No Lone Wolf: Mohamed Merah was practically a prince in violent extremist circles. -- Jytte Klausen, Wall Street Journal
Korean missile politics overshadow Seoul nuclear terrorism summit -- Donald Kirk, Christian Science Monitor
Don’t Worry About the China Bashing -- Sheng Ding, The Diplomat
Beijing's New Deal for China's 99 percent -- Ian Bremmer, The Call/Foreign Policy
Russia-China: Change of course? -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs
Obama’s DMZ visit -- The Korea Herald editorial
Vladimir Putin and the Future of Russian Anti-Americanism -- Georgy Gounev, American Thinker
What the Pope must say in Cuba -- Conrad Black, National Post
Pope Benedict, why won't you meet Cuba's dissidents? -- Mike Gonzalez, FOX News
Reacting to Obama's World Bank pick -- David Bosco, The Multilateralist/Foreign Policy
Why Jim Yong Kim will be a good World Bank president -- Daniel Runde, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
World Bank: global carve-up -- The Guardian editorial