Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 12, 2012

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad delivers a speech to Syria's parliament in Damascus, June 3, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/SANA/Handout)

The Soft Approach Toward Syria Won't Work -- Aaron David Miller, al-Monitor

The demise of the Annan plan for Syria is quickly giving rise to yet another dubious gambit: that the way to bring president Bashar al-Assad down is to get the Russians to walk away from him. It’s certainly worth a try. But in the end, if the United States wants the regime out, it will have to find a way to pressure it with force.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Syrian government has lost all sense of right -- Gulf News editorial

Why Obama faces a hopeless war in Syria -- Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald

Impotent UN must sway Russia over intervention in Syria -- David Owen, Sydney Morning Herald

US: Syria plotting more massacres, but intervening would make it worse -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor

NATO’s lost lessons from Libya
-- Marc Garlasco, Washington Post

Turkey’s Facebook Arrests
-- Michael Rubin, Commentary

Burma: Rakhine strife tests reforms -- Bangkok Post editorial

Europe Unprepared as Euro Crisis Deepens
-- Stefan Kaiser, Spiegel Online

No Spain -- New York Times editorial

The End of the Asian Miracle -- Antoine van Agtmael, Foreign Policy

John Wayne Obama
-- Washington Times editorial

Obama loses veneer of deniabilty with intelligence leaks -- Ricahrd Cohen, Washington Times

Obama’s ‘kill list’ is unchecked presidential power -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Times

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