From THE DAILY STANDARD: The War Over the War, by Stephen F. Hayes. From the Los Angeles Times: Iraq's Number 1 Problem, by Bing West and Max Boot. From the New York Sun: Obama's Silly War on Fear, by Eli Lake. From Middle East Journal: The Final Mission, by Michael J. Totten. From the New York Post: Straight Talk on Pakistan, by Ralph Peters.

Via Ares: F-22 intercepts a Russian Tu-95 near the Aleutians. Read more about the incident here.