U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jeffery Russell, left, sits with his interpreter, Zorro, an Afghan soldier, and residents, during an event with leaders in the village of Sader Kheyl, Afghanistan, March 17, 2012. Russell is a platoon leader assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson
Afghanistan: Powerless in Retreat -- Jed Babbin, Spectator
As we grind down to defeat in Afghanistan it's suddenly fashionable for pundits and pols to prescribe the outcome we will reach.
Their prescriptions are usually phrased in terms of "what the Afghanis must do" or "what Afghanistan must understand," and sail off from there into ivory tower fantasies.
Such as the one built by the Washington Post's David Ignatius, who wrote last week that we should: "Build a good enough Afghan army to hold Kabul and maintain contact with the provinces; negotiate power-sharing with the Taliban that can avert civil war; and work with Afghanistan's neighbors to build a firewall that can keep the inevitable violence there from destabilizing the region."
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
More disasters America will face if we retreat from Afghanistan -- Marc Thiessen, The American
Iran then and now -- Stephen Schlesinger, L.A. Times
‘Containment’ folly: Bad excuses on Iran nukes -- Amir Taheri, New York Post
Iran, Israel and the nuclear diversion -- Sarah Chayes and Amir Soltani, L.A. Times
The Bloody Hands of Syria's First Lady -- David Paulin, American Thinker
After Qaddafi, Libya's east tires of Tripoli too -- Steven Sotloff, Christian Science Monitor
Reasons for China leadership shakeup still uncertain -- Tom Lasseter, McClatchy Newspapers
Chinese Leader: Cultural Revolution Coming to China -- Gordon G. Chang, Forbes
Do China’s Communists Face a Yeltsin? -- Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
China's Great Leap Backward -- Niall Ferguson, The Daily Beast
US can lead in Spratlys diplomacy -- Joe Hung, China Post
South Korea’s Iran -- Lee Byong-chul, project Syndicate
Pimco chief Mohamed El-Erian expects 'second Greece’ in Portugal -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph
Hungary's Pit Bull Prime Minister: How one of Europe’s most celebrated anti-communists become the bad boy of the continent. -- James Kirchick, Foreign Policy
Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- Jeffrey Folks, American Thinker
Clooney! Theater! Naked meltdowns! What were we talking about again? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
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