Opinions, Commentaries, And Editorials -- February 9, 2009

Senior Wildlife Officer Geoff McClure inspects the destruction in Marysville, Australia, about 62 miles northeast of Melbourne, after wildfires almost completely destroyed the town. William West / AFP/Getty Images

Opinions, Commentaries, And Editorials

Kremlin Trumps NATO -- Washington Times opinion
Russia's Silver Bullet for Afghanistan -- Mikhail Margelov, Moscow Times
Lessons From Iraq -- Christopher Schnaubelt, Defense News opinion
Obama Vs. The Atomic Axis Of Evil -- New York Post
Understanding Iran's Shia Tradition -- Karen Armstrong, The Times
Mr. Obama and Iran -- New York Times
No Holocaust in Gaza -- The Australian editorial
Israel's War Referendum -- Washington Times editorial
Will Israel Make the Right Choice? -- Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Support Ehud Barak -- Jeff Barak, Jerusalem Post
Middle East Mercy Mission -- Washington Times opinon
A Promise of War -- Washington Post opinion
After Gaza -- Los Angeles Times opinion
Iraq's Mandate for Stability -- Rocky Mountain News
The Cost of Resisting Jihadists -- Nat Hentoff, Washington Times
Slavery's Lasting Legacy in Africa -- Gregory Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
Why Can't Japanese Get into Harvard? -- Dujarric & Honjo, Japan Times
God, Kim Jong-il and His Son -- Sunny Lee, Asia Times
Most Important Elections of 2009 -- RealClearWorld
An About-Face on Gay Troops -- New York Times
The Bureaucratic Coup Targeting Hillary and Israel -- American Thinker