Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 17, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, answers questions from Gerald F. Seib, the Wall Street Journal's executive Washington editor, before a large audience at the newspaper's CEO Council in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2010. The interview focused on upcoming budget cuts within the department. Seib also is the Wall Street Journal's assistant managing editor. DOD photo by R. D. Ward

Fighting Terror On Wing And Prayer -- IBD Editorial/Investors.com

National Security: Defense Secretary Robert Gates seems to be from the cross-your-fingers school of diplomacy. Even if sanctions have divided Tehran's rulers, as he suggests, a nuclear Iran is likelier than ever.

The living bridge between the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations had good news for the Wall Street Journal CEO Council on Tuesday about the greatest threat facing the world: the Islamofascist regime in Tehran.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Al Qaeda's Nuclear Ambitions: Ayman al-Zawahiri promises to make his next smoking gun a mushroom cloud. -- Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Foreign Policy

The ACLU is courting terrorism and disaster
-- Daniel J. Popeo, Washington Examiner

Have the Mideast Peace Talks Become a Game Show? -- By Karl Vick, Time Magazine

Over the Horizon: Listening to All of China's Voices -- Robert Farley, World Politics Review

Venezuela the Narcostate (updated) -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker

Why George W. Bush can confess to approving torture -- Washington Post editorial

In Afghanistan, Can NATO's 'Security Bubbles' Last? -- Rachel Martin, NPR

A longer plan to wind down Afghanistan war -- San Francisco Chronicle editorial

Where Did God Go in Afghanistan? An Atheist Writes -- Kathleen Johnson, New York Times

TSA: Body scans, pat-downs needed -- Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times

Big Sister's police state -- Washington Times editorial

Euro crisis: Britain needs to prepare for an economic dark age next door
-- Simon Heffer, The Telegraph

What caused the financial crisis: Expert points to government policy, not greedy bankers -- Richard W. Rahn, The Washington Times

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