Friday, November 4, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 4, 2011



Syria And Iran: The Great Game -- Alastair Crooke, The Guardian

Regime change in Syria is a strategic prize that outstrips Libya – which is why Saudi Arabia and the west are playing their part.

This summer a senior Saudi official told John Hannah, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, that from the outset of the upheaval in Syria, the king has believed that regime change would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: "The king knows that other than the collapse of the Islamic Republic itself, nothing would weaken Iran more than losing Syria."

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

After the Fall: What’s Next for Assad and Syria? -- James Anderson, World Affairs

Is Netanyahu Signaling a Preemptive Strike Against Iran? -- Joel C. Rosenberg, NRO

Not an end, but a beginning in Iraq
-- Brett McGurk, Washington Post

What Syria Policy?
-- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard

Worldview: Arab Spring in Cairo gives way to November chill -- Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Columnist

In Pakistan, a Census Count Turns Into a Body Count
-- Huma Yusuf, New York Times

For Kenya, the Threat of a Quagmire in Somalia -- Brian Dabbs, WPR

What's Really At Risk in a Greek Default -- Massimo Calabresi, Time

The European Union's journey towards ever-closer union has screeched to a halt -- Charles Moore, The Telegraph

'Be God's curse upon you!': the dangers of mixing satire and Islam -- Tom Chivers, The Telegraph

The U.S. as Global Power -- Conrad Black, NRO

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