Arm and Shame -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Obama team has clearly struggled with its Syria policy, but, in fairness, this is a wickedly complex problem. We need a policy response that simultaneously deters another Syrian poison gas attack, doesn’t embroil America in the Syrian civil war and also doesn’t lead to the sudden collapse of the Syrian state with all its chemical weapons, or, worse, a strengthening of the Syrian regime and its allies Hezbollah and Iran. However, I think President Obama has the wrong strategy for threading that needle. He’s seeking Congressional support for a one-time “shock and awe” missile attack against Syrian military targets. The right strategy is “arm and shame.”
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
How Lincoln Shaped Obama's World -- Kevin Peraino, Foreign Policy
Why the Syria Resolution Remains Vague -- Seth Mandel, Commentary
President Obama’s Mideast policy is vague and contradictory -- Washington Post editorial
Obama's inept foreign policy: Column -- Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today
On Syria, Russia awaits chance to say ‘I told you so’ -- Vladimir Radyuhin, The Hindu
U.S. credibility runs deeper than Syria -- Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Syrian intervention: the Russian people are sceptics, not barbarians -- Natalia Antonova, The Guardian
Egypt: The Revolution That Wasn’t -- Hugh Roberts, London Review Of Books
Why the West Should Relax About China -- Robert E. Kelly, The Diplomat
Syria and North Korea: A Real Axis of Evil -- Dennis P. Halpin, National Interest
Dennis Rodman’s Back in North Korea -- Juliet Lapidos, New York Times
Tony Abbott Is Ready to Rule the Aussies -- Jonathan Pearlman, Telegraph
The Undecided: How Merkel Could Lose -- Melanie Amann, Peter Müller and Gordon Repinski, Spiegel Online
Paris has become Europe's leading hawk. It actually isn't an anomaly -- Gregoire Fleurot, New Republic
Is Keystone Doomed To Be a Historical Footnote? -- Wall Street Journal
G20: why the Federal Reserve will be a hot topic in Russia -- Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor
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