Friday, January 18, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 18, 2013

 

Algeria Crisis Is A Wakeup Call For America -- Frida Ghitis, CNN 

(CNN) -- The news that a large number of Westerners, including several Americans, had become hostages in North Africa shook the U.S. once again out of the delusion that it is possible to turn away from the world's problems.

Many Americans would like nothing better than to forget about the rest of the planet and focus on all the challenges crying for attention at home. After more than a decade of fighting costly and painful wars in faraway lands, people have grown weary, tired of worrying about complicated conflicts that seem to have no connection to their own lives.

 But then bad things happen.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials  

Algeria Attack Shows The Arab Spring Morphing Into The War On Terror -- Christopher Helman, Forbes

Is Mali the next Afghanistan? -- Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Newspapers

Why Africa backs French in Mali -- Lansana Gberie, Special to CNN

Extremists are not the partners for Mali solution -- National Editorial

Don’t Overreact to Mali (or the Hostages). Let the Obama doctrine lead the way. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate

Libya Is Messy. So Was Eastern Europe in 1991. -- Ali Tarhouni, Bloomberg

U.N. rules and Syrian intervention -- John B. Bellinger III, Washington Post

Saddam footsteps -- Daily Star editorial

Trying to make sense of Pakistan -- Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator

Analysts: Political party polls in Kenya a failure -- Tom Odula, AP

Europe Must Prepare for Life Without America -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph

The Pacific President: In his second term, Obama is taking a decisive turn away from Europe – and Britain -- Freddy Gray, Spectator

What’s behind Cuba’s new travel policy? -- Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald

The Death of Fatah and the Future of Palestine -- Dalia Hatuqa, The Atlantic

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