Jean MacKenzie on Karzai vs. Abdullah (The New Republic) [http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/abdullah-vs-karzai] Simon Denyer says results are a minefield for Obama (Reuters blog) [http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/11/02/victory-for-karzai-minefield-for-obama/] Conrad Black sees a new American isolationism (National Post) [http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/24/conrad-black-is-america-heading-towards-a-new-isolationism.aspx]