U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets with members of the Syrian Opposition Coalition at the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York, July 25, 2013. REUTERS-Carlo Allegri
Waiting For Captain America -- Gary Gambill, National Post
In April, Jordan’s King Abdullah came to Washington and passionately urged the United States to become “captain of the team” supporting Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad. Though he got his wish with the Obama administration’s June 13 announcement that it will begin providing direct military aid to the Free Syrian Army, the diminutive monarch has a strange understanding of teamwork. When the Los Angeles Times subsequently published an article detailing how CIA instructors were on the ground in Jordan training rebels, the king’s prime minister told reporters straight-faced that there is “no training … whatsoever of Syrian opposition forces” in Jordan, and insisted that his government is “not interfering in the incidents under way in Syria.”
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
West dithers as Syrian rebels lack moderate leadership -- Alan Philps, The National
No, Hezbollah Isn’t a “Stabilizing” Force -- Seth Mandel, Commentary
Want Peace? Get Rid of Hamas. -- Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Risky game as Islamist party finds its footing with Egypt's military -- Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor
Bo Xilai Has Been Indicted. Now What? -- Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic
Imbalance: Institutions and the Chinese Economy, Past and Present -- Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane, The American
Is Zimbabwe ready for elections? Depends on who you ask -- Jinjoo Lee, CNN
Robert Mugabe, 89, may win Zimbabwe vote, fairly or not -- Oakland Ross, Toronto Star
Kasparov: Why cracks are starting to appear in Putin's Russia -- Garry Kasparov, special for CNN
A Bulgarian Spring? Entrenched Protests Challenge Eastern Europe’s Status Quo -- Katie Harris, Time
Al Qaeda Prison Break Increases Terrorist Threat to Region. Senior al Qaeda leaders among 500 prisoners set loose in Iraq -- Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon
Tokyo Drift: Naming Caroline Kennedy ambassador to Japan sends a terrible message about America. -- David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
The case for Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
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