Thursday, October 27, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 27, 2011



Europe's New Debt Crisis Agreement: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly -- Michael Schuman, Time

Sometimes I think the euro zone debt crisis is like watching a remake of the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day, with the screenplay written by Financial Times correspondents. I wake up and read the news coming from Europe: worries mount about a Greek default, contagion spreads across the continent, the euro zone leaders are lost in befuddled bickering, and then a new pact to fix the problems emerges, hailed as historic. Then I get up the next day to find we're in exactly the same place we were before, with the cycle just repeating itself. Again and again. The only difference is that Groundhog Day made me laugh. The euro crisis version makes me want to cry.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Euro summit: Smoke and mirrors to calm the markets -- Simon Heffer, Daily Mail

Solutions to euro crisis are full of hidden dangers
-- Brendan Keenan, Independent.ie.

Q&A: Eurozone debt crisis -- Al Jazeera

US Must Turn Up The Heat On Pakistan. Here's How To Make That Work. -- James P. Farwell, Christian Science Monitor

Out of Iraq -- L.A. Times editorial

Now's the right time to get out of Iraq -- McClatchy News editorial

Congress backs Bahrain protesters when the White House won’t -- Washington Post editorial

Iran: Sloppy, but Lethal -- Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard

Tunisia: The ‘Moderate’ Islamists Make a Radical Revolution -- Barry Rubin, PJ Media

US sows discord in South Asia -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Nicaragua is heading for disaster -- Glenn Garvin, McClathcy News/The Miami Herald

Forget ‘Blame Canada’ – in fiscal mess, U.S. looks north for answers -- Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail

What will happen if the world population starts to decrease -- Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy

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