David Ignatius says Obama is being careful to a fault (Washington Post) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101402872.html] Robert Byrd fires a shot at Obama’s Afghanistan strategy (Top of the Ticket) [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/10/afghanistan-robert-byrd-obama.html] Is Corruption the biggest front in Afghanistan? (Atlantic Wire) [http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Is-Corruption-the-Toughest-Front-in-Afghanistan-War-1299] Haroun Mir says starts from scratch (Daily Beast) [http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-13/start-from-scratch-in-afghanistan/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsR2]