Friday, July 16, 2010

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

GALAXY CARGO - A specialized truck is offloaded from a C-5 Galaxy at an air field in Afghanistan, July 12, 2010. Air Force Reserve and active-duty aircrews from Dover Air Force Base, N.J., delivered more than 4 million pounds of cargo to various locations in Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo

Afghanistan Is Now Petraeus’s Baby -- Ahmed Rashid, New York Review Of Books

The surprising and speedy crash of General Stanley McCrystal has been seen in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the wider region as just one more sign of the mess that the US and its NATO allies face in what is looking increasingly like an unwinnable conflict.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Pick your tribes: Rules for winning in Afghanistan -- Ralph Peters, New York Post

China turns netizen anger on Seoul -- Peter Lee , Asia Times

Who will remember the Cheonan? -- William R. Hawkins, Washington Times

Winning in Iraq by working together -- Patrick Murphy and Thomas Vandal, Washington Times

For good or ill, change is coming to Egypt and Saudi Arabia soon -- The Economist

It's not a new era in Cuba -- Andres Oppenheimer, McClatchy News

Spies traded too soon -- Charles Pinck, Washington Times

In from the cold? U.S.-Russian relations -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Britain is at risk from an economic death spiral -- Liam Byrne, The Guardian

Too late to save Britain — it’s time to emigrate -- David Selbourne, Spectator

Ground Zero mosque just tip of the iceberg -- Washington Times editorial

Disaster Politics: Why Earthquakes Rock Democracies Less -- Alastair Smith and Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Foreign Affairs

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