Friday, November 2, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 2, 2012



War Crimes And The Fantasy Of 'Controlling' Syria's Rebels -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

An atrocity in the strategic Syrian town of Saraqeb is a reminder that the landscape of that country's civil war is a place where angels fear to tread.

If the US thinks it would find Syrian allies to prevent war atrocities, or be able to take swift control of Syria in the event of Assad's defeat and steer it in a pro-US direction, they are going to be sorely disappointed.

As evidenced by a graphic video uploaded to YouTube yesterday that shows a terrified group of at least a dozen men, defeated fighters for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, huddled together on a bare concrete floor in a battle-scared building in the market town of Saraqeb, Syria, the other day as their scowling captors, kicked and cursed them into a pile before executing them.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Why the U.S. needs Muslim allies
-- Husain Haqqani, Washington Post

Could Iran's Supreme Leader be more cautious than we think? -- David Blair, The Telegraph

Obama Runs from Iran -- Tony Badran, Real Clear World

Anatomy of a Deal with Iran -- Rajan Menon, National Interest

Fractures at the top in Tehran put talks in jeopardy -- The National Editorial

Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
-- The Economist

What’s Troubling India? -- Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate

Ethnic violence imperils Myanmar reform -- Brian McCartan, Asia Times

Trouble for Tokyo: Japan’s Foreign Policy Challenges -- J. Berkshire Miller, The Diplomat

South Africa: Zuma’s ‘enemy within’ seems to be an accepted way of life
-- Bryan Rostron, Business Day

Almost all Greeks think their economy is terrible -- Olga Khazan, Washington Post

Benghazi blunder: Obama unworthy commander-in-chief -- Las Vegas Review-Journal

How Far Obama Has Fallen -- Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

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