From the Times: “I’m a pure and absolute democrat.” An interview with Vladimir Putin. From the Ottawa Citizen: The Case for Bombing Iran, by David Harris. From the Honolulu Advertiser: U.S.-Japan Defense Alliance Strengthens, by Richard Halloran. From Wired: The Military’s Next-Gen Water Gun, by David Hambling. From Ares: Congress with a Two-Drink Minimum, by Bill Sweetman. Bonus Video: F-22 Raptor’s power and agility displayed at airshow.
A candlelight vigil in Hong Kong this evening to mark the 18th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square demonstrations drew an unusually large crowd. Bobby Yip/Reuters
