May 4, 2011 10:52AM 

# Wednesday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- Osama bin Laden’s death gives us a chance [to end](http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/05/bin-laden-gone-declare-victory-and-come-home) what might have become an era of permanent emergency and perpetual war.
- The Cold War [ended](http://blogs.forbes.com/dougbandow/2011/05/03/why-u-s-troops-still-in-korea/)–what are we doing in Korea?
- Two cheers for President Obama for [ending](http://www.forbes.com/2011/05/02/eliminate-oil-subsidies.html) eight (well, three) tax breaks to oil companies.
- Does Osama bin Laden’s death mean [an end](http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/the-death-bin-laden-us-pakistan-relations-5257) to U.S.-Pakistan relations?
- [![Media Name: americasallies-130.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/download-remote-images/www.cato.org/138620933958/americasallies-130.jpg?itok=U20NWfF0)](http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Allies-War-Kosovo-Afghanistan/dp/0230614825/?tag=catoinstitute-20)Please join us **next Tuesday, May 10 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern** for [a Cato Book Forum on *America’s Allies and War: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq*](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=7943), by University of Mary Washington political scientist **Jason W. Davidson**. Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and Georgetown University international relations professor **Charles Kupchan** will join Professor Davidson in a discussion of the book and its themes, particularly U.S. relations with NATO allies, moderated by Cato director of foreign policy studies [Christopher A. Preble](https://www.cato.org/people/christopher-preble). [Complimentary registration](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=7943) is required of all attendees **by Monday, May 9 at noon Eastern**. We hope you can join us in person, but we encourage you to [watch online](https://www.cato.org/live/) if you cannot attend personally.

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