Friday, May 14, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 14, 2010


This Week At War: Obama's Nixonian Withdrawal Strategy -- Foreign Policy

Obama hopes that good Afghan policy will mean good U.S. politics

A month ago, the Obama administration's relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai were broken, with the insulted Afghan president threatening to join the Taliban. Today, early April seems like a lifetime ago. In a White House meeting this week that was almost canceled in April, U.S. President Barack Obama decisively allied himself with Karzai.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Can Obama save his Afghanistan surge? -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

The Cameron-Clegg Challenge: The U.K. has massive problems -- Conrad Black, National Review

Iran Risking Multi-Front War -- Meir Javedanfar, The Diplomat

Venezuela is Crumbling: Economic misery in Hugo’s populist paradise -- Jaime Daremblum, Weekly Standard

The end of the world as we know it? -- Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy

Greek tragedy is first act of longer global drama -- Alan Philps, The National

Europe Only Postpones Its Day of Reckoning -- David Ignatius, Real Clear World

Welcome to the Era of Expensive Energy -- Ed Lasky, American Thinker

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