Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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



How Will We Leave Afghanistan and Iraq? -- Max Boot, Commentary

One passage jumped out at me from President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly. Much of the speech was filled by commendable expressions of support for the Arab Spring; I was cheered, in particular, to see him include condemnation, however brief, of Iranian human rights violations. But what jumped out at me was what he said about our own commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan:

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

A rising hydro-hegemon raising worries downstream - -Brahma Chellaney, Japan Times

Iran vs. NATO: The Twilight War in Syria
-- Austin Bay, Real Clear Politics

Negotiation Can Work With North Korea -- Leon V. Sigal, Foreign Affairs

Changing the direction of U.S.-Pakistan relations -- George Perkovich, L.A. Times

Obama Admin. Ignored Saudi Pleas to Combat Takeover of Lebanon -- Phillip Smyth, Pajamas Media

Iran vs. Saudi Arabia -- Q&A with Karim Sadjadpour and Chris Boucek, CNN

White House bickering and Taiwan’s F-16s -- John J. Tkacik Jr., Washington Times

Turkey’s Leadership -- New York Times editorial

Europe's leaders do not get the gravity of task they face -- Arthur Beesley, Irish Times

Why Euro Breaking Up Is So Hard to Do -- Martin Wolf, CNBC/Financial Times

Shadow of Europe's communist past haunts Greek/euro-zone debt crisis
-- David Paulin, American Thinker

China's solar disaster
-- Kedar Pavgi, Foreign Policy

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