From Armed Forces Journal: Iran emboldened, by Peter Brookes. From Investor’s Business Daily: With J-10, China Finally On Course In Military Export Field, by Doug Tsurouka. From the Wall Street Journal: ‘The War That Must Not Be Named’, by James Taranto. From People’s Daily: Outer space not let to overcast with “war clouds”, by Wang Baofu. From Scripps News: Opting for failure? by Clifford D. May.

The Stiletto via the U.S. News Bad Guys blog.