Report Accuses Pakistan Of Aiding Taliban, (Philadelphia Inquirer)…Jason Straziuso, Associated Press,  June 10, 2008

Pakistani intelligence agents and paramilitary forces have helped train Taliban insurgents and have given them information about American troop movements in Afghanistan, according to a report published yesterday by a U.S. think tank.

The RAND Corp. study also warned that the United States will face “crippling, long-term consequences” in Afghanistan if Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan are not eliminated.

The study, “Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan,” found some active and former officials in Pakistan’s intelligence service and the Frontier Corps – a Pakistani paramilitary force deployed along the Afghan border – provided direct assistance to Taliban militants and helped secure medical care for wounded fighters.

Pakistan’s top military spokesman rejected the findings.

Defense’s Realist Rebel (Washington Post)…Michael Gerson, May 21, 2008 , Pg. 19

When Gates was nominated in late 2006, conservative suspicions and liberal hopes coincided.

… The Gates Doctrine has helped right a listing Iraq war

Article touches upon the major aspects of strategic leadership which involves leveraging and exercising the elements of national power while balancing the demands between short, mid and long term needs and priorities.

OPINION: What will America do when Iran has nuclear weapons? by Thomas Barnett, knoxnews.com, May 18, 2008.

Hillary Clinton promises she’d “obliterate” Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel, suggesting that, as president, she’d return the “favor” — in spades. Putting aside campaign rhetoric, the senator raises an excellent point: What will America do when Iran gets nuclear weapons? Many national security experts still think Washington can stop Tehran’s reach for the bomb. I am not one of them. Iran has already achieved a sloppy, asymmetrical form of nuclear deterrence, meaning we can’t stop it from “getting nuclear” unless we “go nuclear” pre-emptively, something we won’t do.

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