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Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 26

By NATO

Liam Fox: outspoken military chiefs are putting lives at risk

By Thomas Harding and Andy Bloxham, the Telegraph

From Thomas Harding and Andy Bloxham, the Telegraph:  Military commanders who have spoken out against the ability to continue operations in Libya are putting lives at risk, Liam Fox said today.

After the bin Laden Raid

By Shuja Nawaz

For the second time in the life of the current government a parliamentary session has produced a unanimous “feel good” resolution, after what must have been serious prodding by the military. Private discussions again leaked badly to the media, making it difficult to ascertain what was really said, given that we cannot judge the motivations […]

Hague Court issues warrant for Gaddafi for war crimes

By Marlise Simons, the New York Times

From Marlise Simons, the New York Times:  The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants on Monday for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam and his chief of intelligence, Abdullah al-Sanoussi

What’s happened to America’s leadership role?

By Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post

From Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post:  America is not fated to lose its leadership position in the world. But President Obama and his Republican opposition, in different ways, are making that outcome more likely.

Belgium to withdraw half its troops from Afghanistan

By AFP

From AFP: Belgium plans to halve its troop numbers in Afghanistan from the start of January, a defence ministry official told AFP on Sunday in the latest sign of allied exit from the decade-old war.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 25

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The Gulf of Sidra Irresolution

By the Editors of the Wall Street Journal

From the Editors of the Wall Street Journal:  The House’s confusion—failing to authorize the U.S. intervention but failing to shut it down too—shows that Congress as usual doesn’t want to take responsibility for its alleged convictions.

America is tired of war

By Lexington, the Economist

From Lexington, the Economist:  “I venture to say that no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.” Edmund Burke should be alive today. None of America’s several wars is popular.

Sarkozy rebuts ‘bitter words’ from Gates

By James Kanter, the New York Times

From James Kanter, the New York Times:  President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said on Friday that criticism by the departing United States defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, about European support for operations in Libya had been motivated by personal reasons and was grossly unfair.