Monday, July 7, 2014

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July7, 2014

Iraq: A Divided Future -- Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times

As sectarian violence spreads, more ordinary people are beginning to feel that break-up is the only solution

One is Sunni, one Shia and one Christian. They have been crammed together for years in a small agricultural supplies store and showroom in central Baghdad’s vast Senek Market.

Outside the sprawling maze of 1,000 businesses, Iraq is alive with talk that the country might be split into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish states to staunch the bloodshed of sectarian violence. Inside the bazaar, despite an anti-government insurgency in the Sunni heartland and a renewed drive for independence by Kurds, many cannot countenance the notion.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July7, 2014

How Iraq Became Obama’s War -- Jeff Greenfield, Daily Beast

How Iran is pushing U.S. aside in Iraq -- Derek Harvey and Michael Pregent, CNN

How an independent Kurdish state in Iraq would impact the region -- Mark Gollom, CBC News

New causes for concern at home, in the West Bank, and facing Gaza -- Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel

The Palestinian Mess -- Elliott Abrams, NRO

Quarantine the Middle East -- Philip D. Zelikow, New York Times

Afghanistan's presidential election results are in and the trouble may be about to start -- Dan Murphy, CSM

War in South Sudan: The World's Youngest State Faces Failure -- Bartholomäus Grill, Spiegel Online

With Ukraine rebels on the ropes, some Russians ask: Where is Putin? -- Fred Weir, CSM

Watch Out for Little Green Men -- Steve Pifer, Spiegel Online

Pope's apology on sex abuse still doesn't cut it -- Heidi Schlumpf, CNN

The New Way of War: Killing the Kids -- Robin Wright, The New Yorker

Elizabeth Warren: Is she really President Obama's 2016 choice? -- Peter Grier, CSM

Rome and America: A Shared Fate? -- Robert W. Merry, National Interest

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