Obama’s Nightmare -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The scandal engulfing two of our top military and intelligence officers could not be coming at a worse time: the Middle East has never been more unstable and closer to multiple, interconnected explosions. Virtually every American president since Dwight Eisenhower has had a Middle Eastern country that brought him grief. For Ike, it was Lebanon’s civil war and Israel’s Sinai invasion. For Lyndon Johnson, it was the 1967 Six-Day War. For Nixon, it was the 1973 war. For Carter, it was the Iranian Revolution. For Ronald Reagan, it was Lebanon. For George H.W. Bush, it was Iraq. For Bill Clinton, it was Al Qaeda and Afghanistan. For George W. Bush, it was Iraq and Afghanistan. For Barack Obama’s first term, it was Iran and Afghanistan, again. And for Obama’s second term, I fear that it could be the full nightmare — all of them at once. The whole Middle East erupts in one giant sound and light show of civil wars, states collapsing and refugee dislocations, as the keystone of the entire region — Syria — gets pulled asunder and the disorder spills across the neighborhood.
And you were worried about the “fiscal cliff.”
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
For Israel, costs and benefits of striking Gaza -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
In Gaza, Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari got what he deserved -- Jonathan Kay, National Post
Iran locked in internal debate over whether to talk to U.S. -- Joby Warrick, Washington Post
A model leader for Syria? -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
How Morsi Took Power in Egypt. And in the process, guaranteed the Muslim Brotherhood a role in Egypt’s new politics. -- Daniel Pipes & Cynthia Farahat, NRO
New Leadership in China -- New York Times editorial
Behind Sino-Japanese Tensions -- Robert A. Manning, National Interest
Politics in Japan: The "Kamikaze" election -- The Economist
Reshuffling Obama's Cabinet -- L.A. Times editorial
What the Petraeus scandal says about digital spying and your e-mail -- John D. Sutter, CNN
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