Friday, April 15, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 15, 2011



Have The U.S. And NATO Given Up On Libya Mess? -- Byron York, Washington Examiner

While Washington has been consumed by the battle of the budget, the people running the real war in Libya seem to have given up hope of using American and NATO firepower to drive Moammar Gadhafi from power.

"There is no military solution to this conflict," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said this week. "We need a political solution, and it's up to the Libyan people to come up with one."

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

NATO's Last Mission? The military crisis in Libya highlights an existential crisis for NATO. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate

Arming Libya's Rebels: A Debate in Doha -- Charles McDermid, Time

False pretense for war in Libya? -- Alan J. Kuperman, Boston.com

Mideast unrest could boost Iran, but it faces upheaval at home -- Roshanak Taghavi, Christian Science Monitor

Will the Arab Spring bring a peace agreement with Israel? -- Washington Post editorial

The Palestinians’ mistake in seeking statehood from the U.N. -- Aaron David Miller, Washington Post

In S. Africa, song controversy reveals depth of racial rift today -- Savious Kwinika, Christian Science Monitor

Who is to blame for fractured Britain? -- Ruth Dudley Edwards, The Telegraph

Debt fuels Finn anger at European 'freeloaders' -- Christopher Caldwell, The Australian

The tormented isthmus: Big-time drug trafficking has arrived in Central America. Its poor, politically polarised countries must now try to cope -- The Economist

Safer alternative bears on dollar -- Barry Eichengreen, Japan Times

Who will save America from drowning in debt? -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph

A Prescription for American Decline -- Max Boot, Commentary

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