Thursday, July 25, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 25, 2013

An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq July 18, 2013. REUTERS-Mandel Ngan-Pool

All We Can Do For Syria Now Is Donate To The Relief Effort -- Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian

Politics is blocked – a solution to the cause of the crisis is not likely any time soon. But we can at least treat the symptoms

Some 18 million British children, women and men have fled their homes as a result of the civil war that has torn Britain apart over the last two years. About 280,000 people have been killed, and many more wounded. That, proportionately translated, is the scale of the Syrian tragedy. And there is no end in sight.

The Guardian today documents individual human stories from this disaster. They are more moving than any statistic. But the numbers are eloquent too. Some 6,000 refugees pour out of Syria every day, straining international humanitarian aid resources and destabilising the country's neighbours. Syrian refugees already make up 10% of the population of Jordan. That's like the whole of Bulgaria moving to Britain.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Obama’s Syrian dilemma deepens by the day -- Marwan Kabalan, Gulf News

The illusion of U.S. engagement in Syria -- Michael Young, The Daily Star

Why Iraq Is On The Brink Of Civil War -- Geoffrey Ingersoll, Business Insider

Egyptian Politician: 'The Brotherhood Knows the End Is Coming' -- Spiegel Online

Rule of Law Fades Further in Egypt -- Max Boot, Commentary

After Another High-Profile Assassination, Tunisia Lurches Toward Crisis -- Vivienne Walt, Time

U.S. needs to push for sanctions on Rwanda to help Congo -- Washington Post editorial

China paves way for landmark trial in charging Bo Xilai -- Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor

Analysis: A year on, Draghi's 'save the euro' pledge remains untested -- Sakari Suoninen and Andreas Framke, Reuters

Between Crime, Separatism, and Racial Tensions, Can Spain Pull Through? -- Malcolm Beith, The Atlantic

The countries not letting a crisis go to waste -- Ian Bremmer, Reuters

Still no Benghazi answers. A promise for action betrayed -- Dan Bongino, Washington Times

Facebook Stiff-Arms U.N. Investigators -- Colum Lynch, Turtle Bay/Foreign Policy

Emerging economies: The Great Deceleration -- The Economist

5 Countries That Want to Ban Porn -- Real Clear World

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