Spencer Ackerman: Donald Rumsfeld, Killer of 400,000 People, Dies Peacefully (Daily Beast)
Do not mourn the defense secretary. Mourn his victims. There were nearly too many to tally, but his Pentagon refused to count anyway.
The New Yorker: Kilcullen on Afghanistan
On the situation in Afghanistan and how, step-by-step and with troops we already have, we can start to fix it. "It's still winnable, but only just."