Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 4, 2011



Why Obama Decided Not To Release Bin Laden Photos -- Marc Ambinder and Matthew Cooper, National Journal

It turns out they didn't plan for everything.

The operation to get Osama bin Laden was meticulously planned and carefully thought through, including the decision to bury the terrorist leader's body at sea--a move that would deny the Saudi a grave and, potentially a shrine.

But no one in the administration seems to have decided what should have been a pressing question: What about photos from the operation?

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Osama bin Laden killing: Victory in the war on terror is now within the West's reach -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

Bin Laden apparently not on dialysis -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

The political impact of Obama's decision to withhold Bin Laden death photos over fear of foreign reaction -- Andrew Malcolm, L.A. Times

Obama waffled on the OBL mission? -- Richard Butrick, American Thinker

Victory, sure, but U.S. still a mess -- Howie Carr, Boston Herald

Harsh Interrogation Tactics: Did They Work? -- Carrie Johnson, NPR

U.S. Encroachment Infuriates, Radicalizes Pakistanis -- Selig S. Harrison, National Interest

Mullah Omar Should Be Next to Go -- Allan Dodds Frank, Daily Beast

Why Are U.S. Troops Still In Korea? -- Doug Bandow, Forbes

The Arab Spring is driving the Hamas-Fatah unity deal -- Robert Malley, Washington Times

Democracy's demise in Latin America: Ecuador on brink of a 'perfect dictatorship' -- Osvaldo Hurtado, Christian Science Monitor

Obama's Empty Transparency Rhetoric -- Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal

What's wrong with America's economy? -- The Economist

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