Friday, October 14, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 14, 2011



Obama's Iran Dilemma: How To Respond To A Plot Designed To Provoke Escalation? -- Tony Karon, Time

The fact that President Barack Obama on Thursday found himself insisting that the facts support his Administration's efforts to hold Tehran accountable for a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington suggests that the world is not yet rushing to fall in line with his call for "the toughest sanctions" on Iran.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Where is Yemen headed as Saleh tries to reassert power?
-- Michael Horton, Christian Science Monitor

The Kurdish strategy for Iraq: divide and exploit -- Ranj Alaaldin, The Guardian

Iran assassination plot: Four attacks that have been blamed on Iran -- Ariel Zirulnick and Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

Israel does not stand alone -- Michael Oren, Washington Post

Egypt’s Failing Army -- New York Times editorial

Saudi Arabia's Invisible Hand in the Arab Spring -- John R. Bradley, Foreign Affairs

Time to Act on Sudan Atrocities -- John Prendergast, Real Clear World/Global Post

German Politicians Call for Changes to EU Treaties
-- Philipp Wittrock, Spiegel Online

Europe's grand plan risks slow death by a thousand cuts -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph

War in Europe? Not so impossible -- Ovidiu Nahoi, Eurozine

Ending hypocrisy of terrorist designation -- Gen. Hugh Shelton, The Washington Times

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