Saturday, March 17, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 17, 2012



One Year In, Will Syria Become A Guerrilla War? -- David Enders and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers

RAMTHA, Jordan — With Syrian forces tightening their grip in and around Deraa, the city close to this Jordanian border town where the revolt against President Bashar Assad began a year ago, the uprising may be entering a new phase of grinding guerrilla warfare.

Short of ammunition and heavy weapons — and driven from a succession of urban strongholds in recent weeks — rebel bands of civilians, military deserters and Islamic militants will likely turn increasingly to ambushes, bombings and other classic insurgent tactics in their fight to end four decades of Assad family rule, said activists, experts and U.S. officials.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Pentagon overstating the case not to intervene in Syria? -- Rick Moran, American Thinker

To help Syria, apply a mix of 'soft' and 'hard' power -- Benedetta Berti, Christian Science Monitor

Policy of proxies works to deepen Iran's isolation -- The National Editorial

Is The Army Responsible for the Afghan Massacre? -- Jim Frederick, Time

That ticking time bomb is America's exhausted army -- Brian Stewart, CBC

Defense Cutbacks Put Intolerable Stress on Troops in Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary

The Source of American Military Power -- Bruce Walker, American Thinker

Asia’s year of leadership change -- Korea JoongAng Daily

China: Battle Over Bo Won’t End Struggle
-- Russell Leigh Moses, Wall Street Journal

Russia - U.S. - Back to Business?
-- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs

Retire the ‘reset’ with Russia
-- E. Wayne Merry, Washington Times

Sarkozy making his last stand -- Gwynne Dyer, Winnipeg Free Press

Greece’s default: The wait is over. The biggest sovereign default in history, and the most anticipated. -- The Economist

The calm before Europe’s next debt storm -- Eric Reguly, Globe and Mail

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