From the Wall Street Journal: The Pentagon vs. Petraeus, by the editors

From the Los Angeles Times: Fallon Didn't Get It, by Max Boot

From the Village Voice: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal', by David Mamet

From the Washington Times: China Left Off List of Violators, by Nicholas Kralev

From Popular Mechanics: Stryker Crews in Iraq Rally to Defend Their Rides, by Joe Pappalardo, via Instapundit

From the Long War Journal: Walling Mosul, by Bill Roggio