Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 18, 2012

A U.S. soldier checks an Afghan man for weapons before allowing him through a security checkpoint in Ayub Khe in, Afghanistan's Khost province, Sept. 8, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Trumbull

Staying The Course In Afghanistan -- Telegraph editorial

The Taliban fears Nato’s success in building the security architecture able to withstand the departure of most combat forces in 2014.

For the second time this week, Philip Hammond was required in the House of Commons yesterday to explain the Government’s strategy in Afghanistan. In view of the recent deaths of British soldiers killed by Afghan troops or police officers, it is right that the Defence Secretary should keep Parliament fully informed. But there is a suspicion that political opportunism on the part of the Government’s opponents has forced him twice to the Dispatch Box.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

From Gaddafi to Benghazi -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor

Expert: US rejection of red lines on Iran is disturbing -- Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post

Redlining Iran: Obama combines firm purpose with flexible options -- Chicago Tribune editorial

No more hedging, time to defuse Iranian nuclear issue -- Banafsheh Keynoush, Special to CNN

In an Islamist Egypt, can diversity survive?
-- Michael Wahid Hanna and Elijah Zarwan, L.A. Times

Muslim Protests Show Limits of Free Speech -- Spiegel Online

Mahmoud Abbas’s U.N. gambit -- Washington Post editorial

Boom Days In Burma
-- Brendan Brady, Daily Beast

A sea of trouble between China and Japan over five tiny islands -- Andy Hoffman and Mark MaCkinnon, Globe and Mail

Chinese leaders orchestrate anti-Japanese protests over islands
-- Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun

Bringing wisdom to Japan-China island clashes
-- Christian Science Monitor editorial

Wishful thinking over China's military capabilities -- Rediff

Britain's welfare state is broken – so what’s next? -- Philip Johnston, The Telegraph

Is Hugo Chavez Man Enough To Accept Defeat At The Polls? -- IBD Editorial

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