Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 23, 2011



Navy Chief: We Don’t Know What Happens Next In Libya War -- Josh Rogin. The Cable/Foreign Policy

The U.S. military does not know when it will hand off control of the intervention in Libya to an international coalition, or whether a transfer of power will allow it to reduce its role in the war, according to the Navy's top military officer.

Adm. Gary Roughead, the Chief of Naval Operations, said that he has received no guidance on the path ahead for command and control of the no-fly zone, no-drive zone, no-sail zone, arms embargo enforcement, and any other missions currently being managed by U.S. Africom Commander Gen. Carter Ham, who is in Germany. NATO has been battling internally over whether to take command, while the French government's latest proposal is to set up a "political steering committee" made of Western and Arab foreign ministers.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Settling the Afghan War -- Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas R. Pickering, New York Times
Talking to the Taliban: Now's the Time, Says Task Force -- Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
Can Afghanistan keep out the Taliban? -- Sue Turton, Al Jazeera
Report: Afghan war at stalemate so now is time for political settlement to end conflict -- Washington Post/AP

Syria's Revolt: How Graffiti Stirred an Uprising -- Rania Abouzeid, Time Magazine

Let Them Eat Bread: How Food Subsidies Prevent (and Provoke) Revolutions in the Middle East -- Annie Ciezaldo, Foreign Affairs

Yemen May Be Next Regime to Fall
-- Daniel Green, Real Clear World

The end of the world as we know it -- Adrian Hamilton, The Independent

Another Military Scandal
-- Arnold Ahlert, Jewish World Review

America's Accelerating Downward Spiral -- Peter Ferrara, American Spectator

America, poised for a hyperinflationary event? …the Roadmap -- Michael Pollaro, Forbes

Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On The War In Libya

The damning contradictions of Obama's attack on Libya -- Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Qaddafi Exile Unlikely -- Max Boot, Commentary
The cost of Libyan intervention -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
Even Under Allied Air Bombardment, Gaddafi Forces Outgun Rebels -- Abigail Hauslohner, Time Magazine
Can Britain and France really run this conflict? -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
President Obama Redefines the Term "Exit Strategy" -- ABC News
Why It's America's War -- Stephen L. Carter, The Daily Beast
While Obama searches for clarity, we're plunged into another war -- John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Obama should have obtained Congress’ approval on Libya -- Globe editorial

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