Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 6, 2012



Will Iran Cost Obama The Presidency? -- LZ Granderson, CNN

(CNN) -- I'm sure if President Obama were stuck between a rock and a hard place, that would be preferable to the spot he currently finds himself in.

Consider this: Most nations agree Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, however no one -- including the United States -- can afford the price of another war. And in the middle of this delicate situation, President Obama's rivals are thrashing about on TV, employing the first rule of politics: Characterize everything the incumbent says and does as wrong.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The Real Meaning of Obama’s New Policy: War is Inevitable -- Barry Rubin, PJ Media

On Iran, 2 Central Questions Divide U.S. and Israel -- David Sanger, New York Times

Analysis: US, Israel agree to disagree on Iran -- AP

Iran analysis: Neither Barack Obama nor Benjamin Netanyahu got what they wanted -- Adrian Blomfield, The Telegraph

Military strike on Iran: Are Obama and Netanyahu now on the same page? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

US and Israel: Good cop/bad cop on Iran -- Danny Schechter, Al Jazeera

Iran, Israel and the United States
-- New York Times editorial

Will China Stop Iran? -- Joel Wuthnow, The Diplomat

The Fraying Iran-Venezuela Alliance -- Sean Goforth, National Interest

Syria: A Neighborhood’s War -- Leen Zyiad, New Yorker

The PR challenge in Afghanistan: suicide bombing, Quran burning, and murky data -- Christian Science Monitor

Book burning: When history repeats itself -- Tarak Barkawi, Al Jazeera

Bilateral mistrust as China builds military
-- National Editorial

Will China hit a speed bump? -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN

Keep Up the Pressure on Myanmar’s Generals -- Peter Popham, New York Times

Somali pirates move towards the UAE in hunt for easier prey -- Ruari Dowds and Tim Hart, The National

How Powerful Is Russia? -- New York Times

What's Next For the Opposition?
-- Christian Neef, Spiegel Online

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