Monday, May 9, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 9, 2011



Was The Hit On Bin Laden Illegal? -- David Axe, The Danger Room

The May 2 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound was a combination of virtuoso intelligence-gathering and analysis, impressive technological prowess and incredible bravery by the strike team… and their dog.

But one thing it might not have been is legal.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Bin Laden's Death Changes Little -- Max Boot, Real Clear World/Wall Street Journal

Bin Laden and the New Unknown in Afghanistan -- New York Times

Mission Accomplished. Al Qaeda is no longer based there and the Taliban must be beaten by Afghans themselves. -- Leslie Gelb, Wall Street Journal

Did Navy SEALs bring a peace dividend for Obama? -- Christian Science Monitor editorial

The Justice Department must drop prosecutions of CIA interrogators in post-9/11 terrorism cases -- New York Daily News editorial

Where next for US-Pakistan relations? -- Mark Mardell, BBC

Syria will change – with or without Assad -- Brian Whitaker, The Guardian

Syria: Why does the Obama administration let Assad off the hook? -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph

Why is the West so sluggish on Syria? -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Iran power struggle weakens Ahmadinejad -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post

In Bahrain, a reformer who needs our help -- Michael Bronner and John Farmer Jr., Washington Post

A Fatah-Hamas Deal -- New York Times editorial

End of Mideast Wholesale -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

'Dagan Thinks That Barak Is Crazy Enough to Strike Iran'
-- Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

Russia and China challenge NATO -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

China Imposes Price Controls, Informally
-- Gordon Chang, Forbes

Turkish-Greek relations: One step forward, two steps back
-- Muzaffer Vatansever, Hurriyet News

Remembering Michael Murphy -- A Navy SEAL Who Gave His Life to Save Others -- Arthur Herman, FOX News

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