Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 21, 2011

President Obama is expected to announce his decision on the level of troop withdrawals in Afghanistan. (Larry Downing / Reuters)

Afghanistan Withdrawal: How Many Troops Will Obama Remove? -- Robert Zeliger, Foreign Policy

It's time for one of Washington favorite parlor games -- predicting what the president will say before he says it. What we know is that tomorrow President Obama will announce his plans for a troop reduction in Afghanistan. Thirty-three thousand surge troops were added in 2009, with the promise that by this summer they would begin to come home. But how many and how fast is still an open question.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Time to quit Afghanistan -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post

Obama’s Ambivalence on Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary

Poll results – What do Pakistanis think about bin Laden, Obama, and the U.S.?
-- Robert Zeliger, The Cable/Foreign Policy

In Pakistan, denial is easier than heartbreak -- Nzaar Ihsan, Christian Science Monitor

Ahmadinejad vs. The Ayatollah -- Abbas Milani, National Interest

Smart Power Setback -- David Brooks, New York Times

War powers irresolution -- New York Post editorial

Legal Acrobatics, Illegal War
-- Bruce Ackerman, New York Times

Libya and America's commitment problem -- Jonah Goldberg, L.A. Times

Say what you will, it's a war in Libya -- Jonathan Schell, L.A. Times

Obama’s novel definition of ‘hostilities’ -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

Reforming the Arab monarchies -- Washington Post editorial

Obama Selling Out Our Allies -- Burwell Stark, American Thinker

The Brutal Truth: Failed states are mainly a threat to their own inhabitants. We should help them anyway. -- Stewart Patrick, Foreign Policy

China’s Doctrine of Indifference -- Scott Hockley, The Diplomat

Greek debt crisis is a European problem – with a political solution
-- Jacques Attali, Christian Science Monitor

Euro exit strategy crucial for Greeks -- Costas Lapavitsas, The Guardian

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