Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 20, 2013



Time For US Military To Leave Afghanistan And Its Corrupt President Karzai Behind -- K.T. McFarland, FOX News

Enough already. Americans are tired of giving assistance and spilling American blood and spending American treasure on countries that don't matter and people who don't like us.

Saving Afghanistan from the Taliban, preventing a civil war in Afghanistan, having Afghanistan as an American ally might be nice, but they are not a vital national interests of USA. Destroying Al Qaeda in Afghanistan was, but we achieved that goal in December 2001 when remnants of Al Qaeda fled to Pakistan.

We should have left Afghanistan to the Afghans then. Instead we have spent twelve years, sacrificed thousands of American lives, and spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to bring Afghanistan into modern times.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Israel, Gulf in 'strange alliance' against Iran -- Brian Murphy, AP

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades: Behind the Terror Group That Bombed Iran’s Beirut Embassy -- Aryn Baker, Time

What Happened to Bombing Iran? -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard

In Iran, the Wrong People Are Suffering -- Beheshteh Farshneshani, New York Times

Anxiety in the House of Saud -- Rajan Menon, Real Clear World

Saudi Arabia must be transparent to fight MERS virus -- Washington Post editorial

Timid Reforms Won't Spare China from Major Growth Crunch -- Jack Goldstone, Real Clear World

Two Schools of Thought on China, Both Wrong -- Eric Li, Real Clear World

Sanctions Are counterproductive in Zimbabwe -- Michael Holman, New York Times

Russia: Shifting the Focus from Europe to Asia -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia In Global Affairs

Echoing Chávez, Venezuela's Maduro given decree powers -- Andrew Rosati, Christian Science Monitor

Obama visits Kennedy grave. Why isn't JFK buried in Boston? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor

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