Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 1, 2012



Should Obama Boast Of His Success On Bin Laden? -- Larry J. Sabato, CNN

(CNN) -- Politics is a contact sport, and presidents tend to get tackled on every play, even the ones they've executed perfectly.

There is no better example than the criticism being hurled at President Obama for the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was a daring mission, fraught with peril for the Navy SEALs, but also full of political danger for Obama. Had the attempt failed, Obama would have faced the same kind of political and policy disaster that confronted President Jimmy Carter after his helicopter rescue attempt of the Iran hostages crashed in April 1980. Everyone would have second-guessed Obama, just as they did Carter, who lost re-election six months later.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Obama and the bin Laden Bragging Rights
-- Michael Mukasey, Wall Street Journal

The path to bin Laden’s death didn’t start with Obama -- Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., Washington Post

Obama's tacky 'I Shot Bin Laden' ad has turned a military triumph into a political disaster -- Tim Stanley, The Telegraph

Osama Bin Laden, One Year Later -- Nicholas Schmidle, New Yorker

SEALs Criticize Obama’s Grandstanding -- Alana Goodman, Commentary

Wanted: A competent commander in chief
-- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times

The Taliban need help to break their al-Qaida ties -- Michael Semple, The Guardian

Finish Off Al Qaeda. Stop Trying to Fix Afghanistan. -- Eric Greittens, New York Times

Hands behind Sudan's war -- Ranzy Baroud, Japan Times

Iran Says New Cyber Warfare Is Attack on Economy -- Reza Kahlili, American Thinker

Tehran Politics: Are the Mullahs Losing Their Grip? -- Jamsheed K. Choksy, World Affairs

How long must Syrians wait? -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post

From Russia with Love (of Oil and Gas) -- Jeffrey Folks, American Thinker

Chen Guangcheng -- New York Times editorial

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