Thursday, September 2, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 2, 2010

President Barack Obama shakes hands with soldiers on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Aug, 31, 2010. Obama visited the post to thank all troops for contributions that led to the official end of combat operations in Iraq. White House photo by Lawrence Jackson

Shouldn't Winning The War Be Mr. Obama's Top Mission? -- Washington Post editorial

ENDANGERED Democrats beseech President Obama to focus on the problems at home. Republicans smelling blood attack him if he talks about anything but the recession. His own aides promise, from time to time, that his mission will consist of "jobs, jobs, jobs."

In fact, no president can focus exclusively on just one thing, and in any case there's not all that much Mr. Obama can do right now about "jobs, jobs, jobs." So we sympathize with the dilemma that gave birth to the mixed-message presidential address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night. But we worry about it, too.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Afghanistan: It’s Not Over -- Lieutenant General James M. Dubik, Small Wars Journal

If Saddam Had Stayed -- Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

Are Saudi dissidents preparing to overthrow the king?
-- Benjamin Joffe-Walt, Jerusalem Post

Peace in the Middle East? Probably not. -- C.M. Sennott, Global Post

Hezbollah car bombs on our border: Why isn't Obama's Department of Homeland Security concerned? -- Rep. Sue Myrick, The Washington Times

Castro's attempted image makeover -- Andrew Swift, Foreign Policy

Guns, drugs, and La Barbie: Why America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels -- Jacob Bronsther, Christian Science Monitor

The Other Religion at Ground Zero -- Lisa Miller, Newsweek

Weak America Means a Dangerous World
-- Michael Mandelbaum, Real Clear World

The economics of war -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times

America Is Losing the Resource Wars -- Daniel McGroarty, Real Clear World

The New Old World Order -- Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

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