Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 22, 2011



Moammar Gaddafi Must Pay For Atrocities -- Washington Post Editorial

REPORTS FROM Libya Monday were sketchy and confused, but one conclusion appeared certain: The beleaguered dictatorship of Moammar Gaddafi was waging war against its own people and committing atrocities that demand not just condemnation but action by the outside world. Al-Jazeera reported that warplanes had joined security forces in attacking anti-government demonstrators in the capital, Tripoli; human rights groups said hundreds had been killed in clashes in the country's east. Libya's own delegation to the United Nations described the regime's actions as genocide and asked for international intervention.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The End of a Libyan Crime Family: They might hold out temporarily, but it’s over for the Qaddafi clan. -- Michael C. Moynihan, Reason

Libya: ‘No-Fly’ Zone in Context -- J. E. Dyer, Commentary Magazine

Bloodshed in Libya: The Impotence of the West -- Carsten Volkery, Spiegel Online

Revolution and the Muslim World
-- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor

The Arab Revolution: Revolution: 1848 and 2011 -- Robert Zaretsky, Le Monde

How Obama Lost Karzai: The road out of Afghanistan runs through two presidents who just don't get along. -- Ahmed Rashid, Foreign Policy

What does it really mean that Iran sent ships through the Suez Canal? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

State: CIA or not, Davis still has immunity -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

How Labour let in 3 million immigrants, in defiance of the overwhelming wishes of the British people -- Sir Andrew Green, The Daily Mail

Asia’s Opium Resurgence
-- Tom Fawthrop, The Diplomat

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