Jihadists' Own Strategic Dilemma -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
With U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement of his strategy in Afghanistan, the U.S.-jihadist war has entered a new phase. With its allies, the United States has decided to increase its focus on the Afghan war while continuing to withdraw from Iraq. Along with focusing on Afghanistan, it follows that there will be increased Western attention on Pakistan. Meanwhile, the question of what to do with Iran remains open, and is in turn linked to U.S.-Israeli relations. The region from the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush remains in a war or near-war status. In a fundamental sense, U.S. strategy has not shifted under Obama: The United States remains in a spoiling-attack state.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Kicking the can in Afghanistan -- G. Murphy Donovan, American Thinker
An (Afghan) Army Takes Time to Build -- James Danly, New York Times
A Quagmire Of Our Own Making -- Bradley Harrington, the Bulletin
Israel's Settlement Freeze -- Michael B. Oren, Wall Street Journal
Putin's own worst enemy -- Kim Zigfeld, American Thinker
Trouble in China's little Africa -- Kent Ewing, Asia Times
Copenhagen: why the financial crisis is the taboo subject here -- Rowena Mason, The Telegraph
The Great Satan Myth: Everything you know about U.S. involvement in Iran is wrong. -- Abbas Milani, New Republic
In Switzerland, towers of fear: A country says no to more than minarets -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Pre-Budget report: Will anyone lift Britain out of the debt crisis -- Matthew Elliott, Daily Telegraph
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