Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 26, 2011

Barack Obama... accused of double standards. Photo: AFP

Obama’s Serial Indecision On The Middle East -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post

An administration that lacks a consistent foreign policy philosophy has nevertheless established a predictable foreign policy pattern. A popular revolt takes place in country X. President Obama is caught by surprise and says little. A few days later an administration spokesman weakly calls for “reform.” A few more days of mounting protests and violence follow. Then, after an internal debate that spills out into the media, the president decides he must do something. But hoping to keep expectations low, his actions are limited in scope. By this point, a strategic opportunity is missed and the protesters in country X feel betrayed.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Go After Qaddafi
-- Christopher Hitchens, Slate

Iraq, Iran and the Next Move
-- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor

The epic Arab battle reaches Syria -- Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star

It's Time For 'Assad The Reformer' To Go -- IBD Editorial

Bearbaiting Iran
-- Hossein Askari, National Interest

Thailand, Cambodia edge toward war -- Richard Ehrlich, Asia Times

Washington on the rocks -- Alfred W. McCoy and Brett Reilly, Le Monde

Time for the U.S. to get out of NATO -- Gene Healy, The Examiner

Leonid Ilyich Putin -- Vladimir Ryzhkov, Moscow Times

No Good Options on North Korea -- Council on Foreign Relations

WikiLeaks: how Britain 'became a haven for migrant extremists’ -- Steven Swinford, The Telegraph

Al Qaeda nulcear terrorism: No empty threat
-- IBD Editorial

The peacenik hypocrites: Antiwar Democrats give a pass to Obama violence -- Washington Times editorial

China As No. 1? Give Us A Break -- IBD Editorial

The Embarrassed Superpower -- Rich Lowry, NRO

Doomsday on debt? Wall St.'s dubious fiscal frenzy -- Charles Gasparino, New York Post

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