Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 23, 2011



Libya's Refugee Crisis -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy

As a measure of how bad violence has gotten inside Libya, look to the borders, where tens of thousands have already fled -- and a further 300,000 might be on their way. "It is a biblical exodus," Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Reuters today. Speaking on BBC News World Service this morning, a representative from the International Red Cross said that his organization was preparing capacity along the border with Tunisia for as many as 10,000 new refugee arrivals today.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How Britain danced to Gaddafi's tune -- David Hughes, The Telegraph

Libya’s Legacy -- Michael Totten, The New Republic

Obama Democracy Doctrine Missing in Mideast Uprisings -- Stephen L. Carter, The Daily Beast

Saddam in Kurdistan -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

How to stamp out the Somali pirates -- Arthur Herman. New York Post

Tiny Bahrain Poses Big Headache for the West -- Alexander Smoltczyk in Manama, Bahrain, Spiegel Online

The inflation disaster is near -- Lee DeCovnick, American Thinker

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On Libya

Neglect, tribalism, history fuel east Libya revolt -- Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi's cult of personality has finally crumbled -- Daniel Kawczynski, The Guardian
Muammar Gaddafi's Delusions of African Grandeur -- Time Magazine
Goodbye, Qaddafi: Why these sorts of dictators are done -- Christian Science Monitor
Gaddafi's Next Move: Sabotage Oil and Sow Chaos? -- Robert Baer, Time Magazine
Snap Analysis: Libya's Muammar Gaddafi will fight to the end -- Reuters
Dear Moammar Gaddafi . . . -- Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Gaddafi? Kadafi? Qaddafi? What's the correct spelling? -- Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor

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