The Missing Link From Killeen to Kabul

nytimes.com — As a snapshot of where a chunk of the country stands right now, reactions to the Fort Hood bloodbath could not be more definitive. Yet the mass murder at Fort Hood didn't happen in isolation. It unfolded against the backdrop of Obama's final lap of decision-making about Afghanistan. For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists in Afghanistan might relate to our failure to stop a supposed terrorist attack at home.

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