Friday, November 20, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 20, 2009



Why Pakistan Won't Fight The Afghan Taliban -- Time Magazine

President Barack Obama is about to announce his new strategy for Afghanistan, but the success of whatever option he chooses will depend heavily on Pakistan acting to stop its territory being used to attack Western forces next door. And that's bad news, because the demands of its own domestic counterinsurgency campaign, doubts about the duration of U.S. commitment in Afghanistan and looming political instability in Islamabad have left Pakistan in no hurry to help out.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Pakistan Protecting Mullah Omar? -- Lake, Carter & Slavin, Wash. Times

This Week at War: Heading for a Bad Breakup -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal

Afghanistan Is Not Making Americans Safer -- Paul Pillar, Foreign Policy

How Will We Pay for Afghan War? -- C.M. Sennott, Global Post

If Afghanistan Falls Who Will Pay The Price -- Sam Zarif, The Independent

Obama the Undecider -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post

The Real Reason Iran Can't Be Trusted -- Mamoun Fandy, CS Monitor

Get Ready to Bomb Iran -- Washington Times editorial

An Anti-pirate Policy that Works -- Washington Times editorial

Iraq’s Election Law Morass -- New York Times editorial

Travesty in New York -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

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