Friday, October 12, 2012

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




The Right Way for Turkey to Intervene in Syria -- Soner Cagaptay, New York Times

TURKEY was the first country to take direct military action against the government of Bashar al-Assad since Syria’s uprising began in the spring of 2011. And tensions are escalating further: earlier this week, the Turkish government sent 25 F-16 fighters to an air base near the border with Syria and on Wednesday it forced a Syrian passenger plane to land in the Turkish capital, Ankara, where suspected military aid shipments were taken off the plane.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Which Is Worse: To Help the Syrian Rebels or to Do Nothing? -- Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

Benghazi flap is obscuring real issues -- Washington Post editorial

Actually, Iran Sanctions Aren't Working -- Dina Esfandiary, Radio Free Europe

Defining our red lines with Iran
-- Michael Singh, Foreign Policy

Why Iran Can’t Follow China’s Lead
-- Ray Takeyh, New York Times

In Iraq, No Signs Can Be Good Signs -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

PostScript: Drones and consequences -- Hirsh Goodman, Jerusalem Post

Election fever in Israel
-- Jerusalem Post editorial

Gangnam style? Not in N. Korea: But there are signs that the regime is losing its iron grip. -- Laura Ling, L.A. Times

China wields economic club -- Michael Richardson, Japan Times

Mo Yan, Nobel literature prize winner, not a dissident in China but still a controversial figure -- Tom Lasseter, McClatchy Newspapers

Bali bombings: 10 years later, progress and some bumps ahead -- Sara Schonhardt, Christian Science Monitor

The Economic Future of Venezuela
-- William Ratliff, Defining Ideas

Nobel Nonsense
-- Max Boot, Commentary

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