U.S. Policy in the Levant: Islamism for Syria, Ruin for Israel -- Michael Scheuer, The National Interest
Let us, for a moment, return to the golden days of yesteryear when Arab tyrants could keep order in their countries by simply killing their opponents in any number necessary to hold power. No Arab tyrant was better at this than the late Syrian president, Hafez al-Assad. President Assad’s standout power-keeping moment came in 1982 at the Syrian city of Hama when the Syrian army’s massed artillery made rubble of much of the city and killed 20,000 or so people in an operation meant to annihilate the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (SMB). The Hama attack served Assad’s immediate goal, temporarily breaking the Brotherhood’s back and driving its survivors deep underground and into exile in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and elsewhere, where they licked their wounds and prepared for the future.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Middle East Revolutions Off the Rails -- Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast
Taliban try soft power -- Khan Mohammad Danishju, Asia Times
Few politicians say it, but most think it: our Afghan war is a disaster -- Julian Glover, The Guardian
Sudan's proxy war may escalate -- Nicky Woolf and Joshua Craze, The Guardian
Does Egypt's Iran Opening Signal Regional Shift? -- Elizabeth Iskander, World Politics Review
China’s Fear: The Arab Spring has the Communist Party leadership on its toes. -- Guy Sorman, City Journal
Whatever Happened to North Korea? -- Bradley Martin, Real Clear World/Global Post
Tokyo's Turning Point: How Will the March 11 Disaster Change Japan? -- Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs
Why isn’t Obama fighting Colombia’s dirty deal with Chavez? -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Inflating Our Way to a Government-Controlled Economy -- Lee DeCovnick, American Thinker
Big Government on the Brink -- Robert Samuelson, Real Clear Politics
Commentaries And Opinions On The War In Libya
On the Road to Revolution -- Finbarr O'Reilly, New York Times
Should We Negotiate With Qaddafi? -- Daniel Serwer, The Atlantic
'Road map' to Libya peace comes as both sides show signs of fatigue -- Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor
Do not underestimate Gadhafi -- Tony Blair, Washington Times
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