Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 22, 2009

U.S. Army soldiers await the landing of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to be extracted during Operation Champion Spear outside the village of Marsac in Paktia province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas

Running Out Of Time In Afghanistan -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

As rows over troops deepen, General McChrystal's advice to Obama aims to avoid more mistakes and inspire decisive action

In his blunt and now not so confidential advice to Barack Obama, General Stanley McChrystal has undertaken probably the most dangerous mission of his daredevil career: speaking truth to power. All recent signs from the White House suggest the US president doesn't want to hear what his Afghanistan commander insists on telling him. Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale.

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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Collection Of Opinions And Commentaries On General McChrystal's Afghan Assessment Report -- Small Wars Journal

Obama's Confusion over Afghanistan - Daily Telegraph editorial

Afghanistan's Flawed Democracy - Japan Times editorial

The Perils of Losing Mitteleuropa -- A. Wess Mitchell, Real Clear World

Now, ‘Reset’ With the Poles and Czechs -- Mark Brzezinski, New York Times

Calling Russia's Bluff on Missile Defense --- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

Correct and Difficult Missile Shield Move - Joshua Tucker, Truman Project

Israel and the Trouble With International Law -- Paul H. Robinson, Wall Street Journal opinion.

Israel Must Face Up to Gaza Casualties -- Cesar Chelala, Japan Times

Subverting Honduran Democracy -- Washington Times

Moving Forward in Honduras -- Roberto Micheletti, Washington Post

Russia's Elecetion In 2012 -- Charles Clover and Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times