Thursday, August 16, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 16, 2012

Israel's Iran Itch -- Roger Cohen, New York Times

NEW YORK — Hmm, it’s August, things are quiet, time for another wave of hysteria over an imminent Israeli attack on Iran. We’ve seen this movie for a decade — Israel’s “red line” on the Iranian nuclear program has proved of spandex-like elasticity.

(I sometimes imagine the size of the explosion if all the words devoted to the Iranian nuclear program since 2000 were placed in a large container and detonated.)

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Israeli Leaders Could Be Dissuaded From Striking Iran -- Jodi Rudoren, New York Times

An Act of Self-Preservation: Why Iran Wants the Bomb
-- David Patrikarakos, The Diplomat

Steps for a more active U.S. policy in Syria -- Stephen J. Hadley, Washington Post

Obama vs. Romney on Syria policy
-- Guy Taylor, The Washington Times

Remember Iraq?
-- Carol Giacomo, New York Times

Congressmen to Clinton: Please do something on Tibet
-- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

U.S. is right to assail China on its South China Sea claims
-- Washington Post editorial

Asia's Giants Tangle Over Little Islands -- Todd Crowell, Real Clear World

Unlivable Cities: China's megalopolises may seem impressive on paper, but they are awful places to live. -- Isaac Stone Fish, Foreign Policy

The View From Pyongyang
-- Charles K. Armstrong, New York Times

Why Germany can’t stop worrying and love inflation
-- Siobhan Dowling, Global Post

Mexico's drug war: the battle without hope
-- Malcolm Beith, New Statesman

How NATO Expansion Makes America Less Safe -- Doug Bandow, Forbes

Here's why Julian Assange is the most annoying and arrogant person in the whole world -- Brendan O'Neill, The Telegraph

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