Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 1, 2009


Mullah Omar vs. Barack Obama -- Ahmed Rashid, Globe And Mail

The Taliban leader has launched a pre-emptive strike as the President prepares to unveil his new Afghan strategy.

President Barack Obama's crucial speech today, in which he will lay out a strategy for how the United States will defeat the Taliban, will have to satisfy many different audiences around the world. It will need to be finely balanced to appease U.S. and European audiences that want a time frame for a pullout of troops from Afghanistan and Afghans who want a sustained U.S. commitment to rebuild the country.

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More Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

What We Need to Hear from Obama -- Frank Gaffney, Washington Times

What the U.S. can achieve in Afghanistan, despite Karzai -- Mark Moyar, L.A. Times

My mixed feelings about the war in Afghanistan
-- Fred Kaplan, Slate

10 Reasons Nuclear Iran Is No Joke -- IBD Editorials

Wake up: we cannot wish away Iran’s bomb -- David Aaronovitch, Times Online

Iraq: Good News, Bad News -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine

Honduras' Way Out -- IBD Editorial

Kowtowing to China: A new report details how Beijing influences American academics -- Gary Schmitt, Weekly Standard

Time to Ditch the Antarctic Treaty? -- Brendan Borrell, New York Times

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