Monday, November 22, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 22, 2010

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Can The Euro Still Be Saved? -- Spiegel Online

The countries of the euro zone are hopelessly divided over the question of how to save the currency in the long term. Bailouts for individual countries like Ireland and Greece can only be a temporary solution. Meanwhile, an internal paper drawn up by the German government has revealed Berlin's plans for forcing private-sector investors to take their share of losses in future crises.

In the time since European leaders named the Belgian politician Herman Van Rompuy president of the European Council a year ago, the public has taken little notice of the reserved native of Belgium's Flanders region. But that changed last Tuesday, when Van Rompuy made headlines across Europe with a brief remark.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How we avoided Ireland's nightmare -- Mary Ann Sieghart, The Independent

Five Years of Islam-Watch: Is the Fire of Islamic Enlightenment Catching On? -- Islam Watch

Transforming Lebanon -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard

Fears of a Mumbai Redux: The Story Behind Germany's Terror Threat -- Matthias Bartsch, Yassin Musharbash and Holger Stark, Spiegel Online

TSA's security charade -- Washington Times editorial

The T.S. of A takes control -- George Will, Washington Post

Obama and Afghanistan: How long will U.S. troops be there? -- USA Today

NATO, Karzai and the relics of Kabul -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Is U.S. wearing out its welcome in Afghanistan? -- Deb Riechmann, Army Times/The Associated Press

Why Obama and Kim Jong Il Love START
-- Christian Whiton, FOX News

Hu (China) lets cash do the talking -- Willy Lam, Asia Times

Obama's foreign policy needs an update
-- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Get Ready for Rare Earths 2.0 -- Daniel McGroarty, Real Clear World

Beware a Hollow Air Force -- Michael Auslin, National Review

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