Fair winds and following seas to you and yours from Small Wars Journal

Auld Lang Syne

New Year's Celebration, Baghdad Style - Peter Graff, Reuters
Looking at America - New York Times editorial
RIP: Protest films, E-porn and Bimbos - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Gen. Petraeus: Man with a Message of Hope – London Daily Telegraph editorial
Battle of Ideas – Daniel Davis, Washington Times
Don't Assume Democracy is Best for All - Richard Gwyn, Toronto Star
Bridge this Religious Divide - Oliver Thomas, USA Today
Why We're in the Gulf – Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
Turkey – U.S. Cooperation – Tulin Daloghu, Washington Times
Afghan Medals Needed – London Daily Telegraph editorial
Crisis in Kenya – Washington Post editorial
Commonwealth Should Take Lead Against Kenya – London Daily Telegraph editorial
Kenya’s Crude Subversion of Democracy – The Independent editorial
A Bitter New Chapter for Kenya – Richard Dowden, London Times
Kenyans Victims of Outrage – Salim Lone, The Independent
Shattered Bhuttos - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial
The Future Pakistan Deserves – Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Washington Post
‘Loss of a Very Great Lady' – Harlan Ullman, Washington Times
U.S. Impotent with Pakistan - Patrick Buchanan, Real Clear Politics
Darkness Closes in on Pakistan – Piers Akerman, Sydney Daily Telegraph
Bhutto Killing Caps West’s Year of Failure – Gabor Steingart, Der Spiegel
Diplomats Spurned Bhutto's Pleas - Robert Novak, New York Post
The True Colors of Benazir Bhutto – Imaduddin Ahmed, Boston Globe
Hicks is Guilty until Proven Innocent – Peter Faris, The Australian
The Hicks Fan Club is in Denial – Gerard Henderson, Sydney Morning Herald