Monday, April 29, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 29, 2013



West In Denial Over Syria Chemical Weapons Use -- Michael Weiss, NOW

Following allegations from Britain, France, Israel, and Qatar that the Syrian regime had deployed chemical weapons in Aleppo and Damascus, the Obama administration yesterday confirmed that U.S. intelligence, "with varying degrees of confidence," shared the same view. In a letter sent to Senators Carl Levin and John McCain, the White House's Congressional liaison Miguel Rodriguez added that this assessment was "based in part on physiological samples" and that the agent used was most likely sarin. Rodriguez further stipulated that any such use would "very likely having originated with the Assad regime," although how victims may have been exposed to the deadly nerve agent remains undetermined. According to The Financial Times, two different sets of blood samples were analyzed, one by American authorities, the other by Britain's Defence Science Technology Laboratory. Perhaps reacting to the initial skepticism of administration officials, anonymously quoted in a New York Times article that threw cold water on the IDF's foremost intelligence analyst's claims of sarin use, Israel's deputy defense minister Danny Danon today told CNN today: "I will not go into specifics, but I can tell you very clear [sic] that we know that Syria has used chemical weapons."

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Syrian regime's core supporters begin to drift away -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor

Is the U.S. Set to Intervene in Syria? -- Matthew Duss, American Prospect

Karzai’s ‘ghost money’—he warned us in 2008 -- Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News/The Ticket

Analysis: Israeli credibility on line over Iran nuclear challenge -- Crispian Balmer and Dan Williams, Reuters

The Israelis can benefit from this period of quiet -- David Ignatius, Daily Star

Are British universities training Iranian nuclear physicists? The Foreign Office doesn't want to tell us -- Matthew Holehouse, The Telegraph

Will pre-election violence impact Pakistan's elections? -- Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor

Is Pakistan a Failing State? -- Gustav Ranis, Real Clear World

Germany Isn't Stupid; It Has a French Nightmare -- Marc Champion, Bloomberg

Crisis Has Europe Clamoring to Mine -- Luke Dale-Harris, Spiegel Online

The European dream is in dire need of a reality check -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian

Will Boston Probe Falter Like Benghazi? -- Debra Saunders, Real Clear Politics

Benghazi report revives troubling questions -- Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

Is your wardrobe killing Bangladeshis, or saving them? -- Doug Sanders, The Globe and Mail

Defense cuts pose an economic quandary for liberals -- Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post

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