Must Reads!!

• White Paper: DoD’s Defense Budget Priorities and Choices (PDF)
• Fred Kagan: Military must invest in troops, not tech
• Israel senses bluffing in Iran’s retaliation threats
• Wings Over Iraq: World Updates and Defense Brief
• AEI: The Iranian Nuclear Program: Timelines, Data, Estimates
• Dozens killed in fighting throughout Syria
• GsGf: Myth of American Decline
• Shadi Hamid: West must consider intervention in Syria now
• Clinton: State Dept to start drawing-down in Afghanistan
• Afghan negotiators believe Taliban willing to soften
• Rebel militias still dominate Tripoli streets