Friday, April 20, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 20, 2012

U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Noyes patrols with fellow soldiers during Operation Marble Lion in Afghanistan's Jani Khel district, April 12, 2012. Noyes is a medic assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Jason Epperson

Obama’s Disastrous War -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, The Washington Times

Only victory president wants to win is his own on Election Day

President Obama has lost Afghanistan. The war is turning into a catastrophic defeat - one that will be worse than Vietnam. It is time to bring the troops home, and end this national nightmare.

Recently, the Taliban launched a major spring offensive. Insurgents targeted Kabul and three other cities. They were rebuffed by allied troops and the Afghan army. But the Taliban were able to infiltrate security zones that were supposed to be impenetrable. Their coordinated attacks were a military failure. Diplomatically and psychologically, however, they were devastating. For months, American commanders have claimed that the Taliban are in retreat, and that Afghans are successfully building up their police and security forces. Mr. Obama vowed “the tide of war is receding.”

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Conflicting Reports Suggest The US And Israel Are Up To Something In Iran -- Eloise Lee, Business Insider

The Iran squeeze: One danger is that the talks with Tehran on its nuclear program could fail. The other is that they might succeed. -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times

April Is the Cruelest Month … for China -- Sophie Richardson, Foreign Policy

Asia arms race harms both growing giants -- National Editorial

Don’t Return to Korea Status Quo -- Evan Moore, The Diplomat

Can Japan make the tough decisions? -- Fred Hiatt, Washington Post

The Sudan Declares Jihad War On South Sudan -- Rob Miller, American Thinker

No real justice in Guantanamo -- Reed Brody, L.A. Times editorial

'Strong France' or 'Change Is Now'? Good job I don't have to vote in the French election -- Alexander Book, Daily Mail

To Reset Latin America Policy, U.S. Must Think Big -- Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review

Avoiding a Bloodbath in Venezuela -- Jaime Daremblum, PJ Media

Two years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP's business is booming -- Allison Good, Foreign Policy

Farewell, the New Frontier -- Charles Krauthammer,

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