Monday, October 1, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 1, 2012



How to Help Iran Build A Bomb -- William J. Broad, New York Times

ADVOCATES of airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have long held that the attacks would delay an atom bomb for years and perhaps even buy Israel enough time to topple the Iranian government. In public statements, the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, has said that an attack would leave Iran’s nuclear program reeling, if not destroyed. The blow, he declared recently, would set back the Iranian effort “for a long time.”

Quite the opposite, say a surprising number of scholars and military and arms-control experts. In reports, talks, articles and interviews, they argue that a strike could actually lead to Iran’s speeding up its efforts, ensuring the realization of a bomb and hastening its arrival.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran talk: What’s in a war? -- William J. Fallon, Chuck Hagel, Lee Hamilton, Thomas Pickering and Anthony Zinni/Washington Post

The Thin Red Line: The time to use force against Iran is not next year. It’s now. -- Mario Loyola, NRO

North Korea: Behind the iron curtain -- David Hawk, Khaleej Times

China Alters Its Strategy in Diplomatic Crisis With Japan -- Jane Perlez, New York Times

Ex-South Korea Leader Haunts Presidential Bid -- Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times

Urgent need to restore stability in Afghanistan -- Gulf News

In southern Afghanistan, concerns about what comes next -- Kevin Sieff, Washington Post

A rare opportunity for Somalia – and the world -- Wadah Khanfar, The Guardian

The Foreign Policy Divide
-- Roger Cohen, New York Times


A deeply polarizing election in Georgia
-- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post


Scottish independence: Who would get the nukes, and other questions
-- Simon Roughneen, Christian Science Monitor

Argentina’s press under fire -- Jorge Rendo, Washington Post

Across Latin America, quest for gold brings riches, conflict -- Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers

Mexico’s truth, from Mr. Calderon
-- Washington Post editorial

The foreign policy debate Obama doesn’t want -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

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