The ten most-commented Best Defense posts of 2011

Here are the 10 Best Defense posts that drew the most comments this year. I am not sure that as a group they tell us much of anything. Except that people always have something to say about John F. Kennedy.

10. Was John F. Kennedy the absolute worst U.S. president of the 20th century?

9. What if President Obama hadn't intervened in Libya?

8. Comment of the day: An Army captain says the military is not protecting your freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan.

7. A dispatch from the My Lai archives.

6. Sure, you're a vet, but that doesn't mean you have license to act like a jerk. 

5. What did we fight and bleed for in Afghanistan? 

4. A midshipman asks: Should I refuse orders to continue an unconstitutional attack on Libya? 

3. So, income inequality really is a big national security issue.

2. Some thoughts on getting my arm broken at West Point.

1. Out for August and an open comment thread.