Monday, October 8, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 8, 2012



Romney Talks National Security -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

Mitt Romney looked the part of commander in chief. In a crisply delivered speech before a bevy of flags at the Virginia Military Institute he looked, as the campaign planned, as if he might already be the president.

The speech, as expected, was an indictment of Obama’s failed leadership. Romney highlighted the career of George Marshall, a VMI graduate. (“General Marshall once said, ‘The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.’ Those words were true in his time — and they still echo in ours.”)

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

No escape from the Middle East -- Fred Hiatt, Washington Post

Neither Assad nor Tehran is on the brink of collapse, a writer argues -- The National

No-Fly Time in Syria -- Michael Moran, Slate

Will the Next Front in the Syrian Revolt Be with Turkey?
-- Piotr Zalewski, Time

Challenging times for Turkey -- The Australian

Leading from behind while Iran goes nuclear -- Vice Adm. Robert R. Monroe, The Washington Times

Analysis: Iran government likely to win battle of wills over currency -- Andrew Torchia, Reuters

Freedom in Jordan does not extend to information -- Daoud Kuttab, Washington Post

Salafists urge ultraconservative Islam on post-Arab Spring governments -- William Booth, Karin Brulliard and Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post

Libyans need a government - not politicking -- National editorial

Mali burning -- Washington Post editorial

Eleven Years On, Afghanistan ‘Far from Ready’ -- Patrick Brennan, NRO

Germany Should Return to the Deutsche Mark -- Gilad Alper, Jerusalem Post

Niall Ferguson on Europe’s New Fascists -- Niall Ferguson, Daily Beast

Neo-Fascism's Stunning Rise in Europe -- Barry Strauss, Real Clear World

Does Ivanishvili's win put Georgia back in Russia's orbit?
-- Paul Rimple, Christian Science Monitor

IMF Sees ‘Alarmingly High’ Risk of Deeper Global Slump
-- Sandrine Rastello, Bloomberg

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