Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 7, 2012



Israel And Iran On The Eve Of Destruction In A New Six-Day War -- Niall Ferguson, The Daily Beast

There are plenty of arguments against an Israeli attack on Iran. And all of them are bad.

Jerusalem—It probably felt a bit like this in the months before the Six-Day War of 1967, when Israel launched its hugely successful preemptive strike against Egypt and its allies. Forty-five years later, the little country that is the most easterly outpost of Western civilization has Iran in its sights.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Can a nuclear Iran be deterred? -- Amitai Etzioni, CNN

U.S. must bring pressure to bear on Bahrain -- Washington Post editorial

Kuwait’s troubling elections -- Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon

Mind Games in Afghanistan -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat

Why Beijing Votes With Moscow
-- Minxin Pei, New York Times

Chinese Deflation and Currency Depreciation Coming Soon -- Gordon G. Chang, Forbes

Divided Russia The unintended consequences of Putin's ouster -- Raymond Sontag, American Interest

Between Lots of Rocks and Hard Places: Greece's Bad Options -- Joanna Kakissis / Athens, Time/AP

Why It Won't Be a Tragedy if Greece Defaults -- Mark S. Sheetz, Foreign Policy

As Falls Sarkozy, So Falls Europe: The Full Story Behind The Upcoming French Election -- Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge

Enough Oil? -- Jeffrey Folks, American Thinker

Europe's Cold Snap Is Revealing It's Energy Shortage And No Strategy To Solve It -- Robin M. Mills, Foreign Policy

Remedies for Misconduct in War Zones
-- New York Times editorial

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