Monday, October 19, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 19, 2009

The uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz in Iran, left, and President Obama
From left: Abedin Taherkenareh; Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

Obama's Secret Iran Talks: Setting The Stage For A Deal? -- Time Magazine

President Barack Obama has a personal stake in the outcome of Monday's meeting in Vienna between Western and Iranian nuclear experts on the future of Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium. That's because, Administration sources tell TIME, Obama personally weighed in three times during secret, multiparty negotiations with the Iranians over the last four months — in what has become not just a test of Iran's nuclear intentions but also a test of Obama's effort to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions through a combination of sanctions, threats and incentives.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Russia Worries About the Price of Oil, Not a Nuclear Iran -- Garry Kasparov, Wall Street Journal
BRICkbats for the Russian Bear -- Nouriel Roubini, Globe & Mail

War and Politics (in Afghanistan) -- Steve Coll, New Yorker

An Intermediate Option On Afghanistan -- Stephen J. Solarz and Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Times

Europe's Angst over Afghanistan -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

A new battle begins in Pakistan -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times

Yes, the Taleban are Being Thumped But... -- Anatol Lieven, The Times

Civilian Courts Are No Place to Try Terrorists -- Michael B. Mukasey, Wall Street Journal

The UN Sides with Terrorists -- Washington Times editorial

The Danger of Obama's Dithering - John R. Bolton, Los Angeles Times

Decline and Fall (Of Europe) -- The Times editorial.

1 comment:

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