Time June 24, 2010 It is amazing how quickly General Stanley McChrystal became an afterthought. It happened minutes after he was removed from command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for idiocy above and beyond the call of duty. He became an afterthought because of the brilliant, and in some ways diabolically clever, […]
Reuters June 24, 2010 WARSAW, June 24 (Reuters) – Poland urged its NATO allies on Thursday to draft a new strategy for leaving Afghanistan and said it would bring its own troops home by 2012 regardless of what other countries decided. more
BBC June 24, 2010 The Europeans are the New Spartans. They head to the G20 in Toronto in their hair-shirts, newly frugal and stern in their attitude towards debt. more
Los Angeles Times June 24, 2010 White House officials cite improved relations with Russia as one of their big foreign policy successes. Others, however, say the changes are mostly in tone rather than substance. more
Politico June 24, 2010 Washington is increasingly critical of Turkey, a “model partner” of the United States and NATO ally since 1952. more