Friday, May 7, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 7, 2010


The Surge of Ideas: COINdinistas and Change in the U.S. Army in 2006 -- Speech By General David H. Petraeus, AEI

Good evening to you all. Thanks for that warm welcome. And thanks, Arthur, for that very kind introduction.

Earlier today, as I was talking with my wife about tonight's speech, she reminded me of a story about a young school boy's report on Julius Caesar. "Julius Caesar was born a long time ago," the little boy explained. "He was a great general. He won some important battles. He made a long speech. They killed him..." I'll try to avoid Caesar's fate. But this is the Irving Kristol lecture--and I do need to say something meaningful.

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Hat Tip: Small Wars Journal

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran, Hezbollah, and the Bomb: The futility of containment. -- William Harris, Weekly Standard

Is Brazil Developing the Bomb? -- Hans Rühle, Spiegel Online

The infrastructure of jihad -- Cyril Almeida, DAWN

Russia and US march in post-Soviet step -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

How to modernize Miranda for the Age of Terror -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

The dollar crisis -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker

The UK economy after the election -- The Economist

Can the Crisis in Greece Be Contained? -- Time Magazine

Five lessons from the Greek debt crisis -- Christian Science Monitor

Depression 2010? -- Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek

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