Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 16, 2010



Pakistan Delivers A Taliban Treat -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times

ISLAMABAD - With the Pakistan military to a large degree setting the rules of the game with Washington for reconciliation with the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's supreme commander in Afghanistan, has become the army's first major delivery for the United States' end game in Afghanistan.

Baradar is reported to have been arrested several days ago in the southern port city of Karachi in a raid by Pakistani and US intelligence officials. He is now being interrogated by these officials, according to reports.

The White House, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon have made no comment.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Talking to the Taliban -- Mustafa Qadri, The Diplomat

Taking stock of Iran's nuclear ambitions -- Ilan Berman and Robert C. McFarlane, L.A. Times

Iran: Are the Saudis in secret talks with Israel? -- Roger Simon

The lost year: Obama's Iran engagement policy a spectacular failure
-- Rick Moran, American Thinker

A policy of desperation on Iran -- Independent editorial

China Has a Plan, America Doesn't
-- Gabor Steingart, Spiegel Online

As Obama bets on Asia, regional players hedge -- Jim Hoagland, Washington Post

How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America -- Don Peck, The Atlantic

Teaching Greece and the other debt PIIGS to fly -- Nouriel Roubini, Globe And Mail

Greece at a Crossroads -- Couloumbis, Ahlstrom & Weaver, Real Clear World

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