Thursday, March 8, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 8, 2012



Closing Tehran's Sanctions Loopholes -- Mark Dubowitz and Jonathan Schanzer, Wall Street Journal

The U.S. must take blanket action against all Iranian financial entities—and foreign institutions with Iranian business.

In his speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington on Sunday, President Barack Obama once again promised that the United States would not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

Sanctions are a key element of the president's strategy to neutralize the Iranian threat. But the Iranian regime continues to find new ways to circumvent U.S. strictures, moving billions of dollars through the global financial system. This has afforded Tehran more time and space to advance its dangerous program.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

It’s the War, Stupid, Not the Nukes -- Michael Ledeen, PJ Media

A preemptive attack on Iran? US Jews are deeply divided. -- Ron Scherer, Christian Science Monitor

On Iran, patience and power
-- L.A. Times editorial

The end of the Afghan war must be accelerated -- Independent editorial

How Obama Is Losing Afghanistan -- William A. Levinson, American Thinker

U.S., Pakistan take a breather
-- David Ignatius, Washington Post

American Crisis, Chinese Opportunity -- Michael Auslin, Wall Street Journal

Resources fuel tensions in South China Sea -- Michael Richardson, Japan Times

Solving War Crimes With Wristbands: The Arrogance of 'Kony 2012' -- Kate Cronin-Furman & Amanda Taub, The Atlantic

If killing Kony means manipulating the masses, so be it -- Matt Gurney, National Post

Putin, the shadowy president of a shadow state that would put any mafia don to shame -- Alexander Boot, Daily Mail

Obama To Give Missile Secrets To Russia With Love? -- IBD Editorial

In Athens, Austerity’s Ugliness
-- Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times

This fine Coalition government won’t see out 2013 – what a shame for Britain -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph

Holder's troubling death-by-drone rules
-- L.A. Times editorial

Mr. Obama, preserving flexibility on terrorism -- Washington Post editorial

Obama's Kill Doctrine -- Jonathan Turley, Foreign Policy

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