Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- Mrch 22, 2011



Europe Divided -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

After weeks of deadlock, NATO today agreed to help enforce the U.N. arms embargo against Libya, but it's still unclear whether the alliance will take a role in enforcing the no-fly zone. The main obstacle to NATO taking over a command role in the operation in Turkey, which says the coalition airstrikes have already gone beyond the framework of the U.N. resolution. On the other side is Italy, which has threatened to withdraw access to its airbases unless NATO takes a coordinating role:

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The Arab Revolt Hits Syria
-- Michael J. Totten, Commentary

Riyadh Scores One for Tehran -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

As Bahrain Reels, Iran Stretches Its Tentacles -- Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, Pajamas Media

The Gadhafi precedent: Could attack on Libya set the stage for action against Israel? -- Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Jewish World Review

Egypt's Islamists: A Cautionary Tale -- Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby, Commentary

Japan: whatever happened to the nuclear meltdown? -- James Delingpole, The Telegraph

Corruption on Singh's Watch -- Sadanand Dhume, Wall Street Journal

Is China Backing Indian Insurgents? -- Lyle Morris, The Diplomat

Scotland must vote on this tax time bomb
-- Michael Forsyth, The Telegraph

Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On The Libyan War

Nicolas Sarkozy’s war -- Ben Smith, Poltiico
White House aims to 'install' democracy in Libya -- Hayley Peterson, Washington Examiner
The gamble in Libya -- Nicholas Burns, Boston.com
The Horrible Libya Hypocrisies -- Leslie H. Gelb, The Daily Beast
Libya and the Democracy Pretext -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
Time for Close Air Support in Libya -- Max Boot, Commentary
Blithely off to war: Has O thought Libya through? -- George Will, New York Post
War in Libya: Why We Had No Choice -- D.B Grady, The Atlantic
A Libyan Fight for Democracy, or a Civil War? -- David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times
Is it America’s duty to intervene wherever regime change is needed? -- George Will, Washington Post
More bombs bursting in Libya. What for? -- Michael Kinsley, L.A. Times
Obama's missed break in Libya -- Jonah Goldberg, L.A. Times
Planning for a Post-Qaddafi Libya -- Max Boot, New York Times
A Libyan fight for democracy, or a civil war? -- MSNBC
Mr. Obama hasn’t overstepped on Libya -- Washington Post editorial
Behind the Libya War -- Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
On Libya, Obama should stay quiet -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
What happens in Libya when the shooting stops? -- Jim Kavanagh, CNN
The to-be or not-to-be of NATO in Libya -- Deutsche Welle
Libya military operation: Who should command? -- BBC
ANALYSIS-Keeping NATO out of Libya suits U.S., France -- Reuters

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