Friday, April 9, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 9, 2010



US Reaps Bitter Harvest From 'Tulip' Revolution -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

BEIJING - This is not how color revolutions are supposed to turn out. In the Ukraine, the "Orange" revolution of 2004 has had a slow painful death. In Georgia, the "Rose" revolution of 2003 seems to be in the throes of what increasingly appears to be a terminal illness.

Now in Kyrgyzstan, the "Tulip" revolution of 2005 is taking another most unforeseen turn. It is mutating and in the process something terrible is happening to its DNA. A color revolution against a regime backed by the United States was not considered possible until this week. Indeed, how could such a thing happen, when it was the US that invented color revolutions to effect regime change in countries outside its sphere of influence?

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Kyrgyzstan's Analog Revolution -- Evgeny Morozov, Foreign Policy

Afghanistan and the Decline of American Power -- Faoud Ajami, Wall Street Journal

The Karzai government isn’t really in this fight -- Jeffrey Simpson

Obama's False START -- Washington Times editorial

START or ending? Why more nuclear weapons cuts will be hard. -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

Nuclear deterrent still key -- Travis Sharp, Washington Times

Sudan’s Election Fiasco -- J. Peter Pham, National Interest

Jihadist warnings from Moscow -- Praveen Swami, The Hindu

Will Obama recognize Egypt's turning point and get on board? -- Washington Post editorial

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