Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 5, 2012

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta meets with China's Minister of National Defense General Liang Guanglie about cyber attacks in March 2012. (Reuters)

Did America's Cyber Attack On Iran Make Us More Vulnerable? -- Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic

The covert operation set back Tehran's nuclear program several years -- but may have put America's own infrastructure at risk.

After years of downplaying offensive U.S. cyber capabilities and fretting about Chinese cyber weapons, a major assumption has been turned on its head: America has now conceded that it conducted the most sophisticated state-sponsored cyber attack in the history of civilization.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Sophisticated cyber-battles raise fears of cyber-blowback -- Richard Lardner, MSNBC/AP

The cyberwar may be headed to your computer -- Douglas Rushkoff, CNN

The road to success in Syria lies through compromise with Russia -- Michael Ross, National Post

Toppling Syria's Assad -- Max Boot, L.A. Times

The Real Reason to Intervene in Syria -- James P. Rubin, Foreign Policy

Syria’s Insurrection Is Not America’s Fight
-- Patrick Buchanan, American Conservative

Syria Is Not a Winning Campaign Issue -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

The Many Faces of Islamist Politicking -- Camille Pecastaing, Hoover Institute

Iran's calculus of terror -- Payam Akhavan and Shrin Ebadi, Globe and Mail

Still seeking justice for the Tiananmen massacre
-- Rowena Xiaoqing He, Washington Post

Why the Euro Zone Could Unravel Shockingly Fast
-- Michael Sivy, Time

Obama Leaks Risk National Security For Political Gain -- IBD Editorial

And now, only one senior al Qaeda leader left -- Peter Bergen, CNN

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