Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 9, 2011



Now For A Real Iran Debate -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal

There's no more doubt about Tehran's nuclear-weapons program. How the West will respond remains open to question.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to unveil a report Wednesday on what it knows about Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons, and the early word is that it contains a few bombshells. But let's not overstate its significance. There's no scarcity of reliable information about Iran's nuclear programs, licit and illicit. The only question is whether the report will do much to end the current scarcity of Western will to do something meaningful to check them.

Start with what we already know about Iran's nuclear programs. In September, the IAEA came out with its umpteenth report on Iran.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The IAEA's most alarming findings on Iran's nuclear program -- Uri Friedman, Foreign Policy

Iran could be the unmaking of Obama's presidency -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Five Reasons Why Obama Won't Bomb Iran -- Greg Scoblete, Real Clear World

In Iran, longtime 'reformers' stifle true revolution -- Mahmood Delkhasteh, Christian Science Monitor

Syria and the Arab League
-- New York Times editorial

Going back to the drachma -- Tom Streithorst, Prospect Magazine

Europe's Entitlement Reckoning -- Wall Street Journal

Berlusconi goes, but Italy’s problems remain -- The Telegraph editorial

Colombia Should be Recognized as Reliable and Close U.S. Ally -- Max Boot, Commentary

Why North Korea won't quit -- Yong Kwon, Asia Times

Over the Horizon: Defining Red Lines to Avoid War With China -- Robert Farley, World Politics Review

America at a global crossroads -- Frank Carlucci, Lee H. Hamilton and Tom Ridge, The Washington Times

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