Saturday, March 24, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 24, 2012



Army On Trial Too As Sgt. Robert Bales Faces Charges For Afghanistan Shootings -- Christian Science Monitor editorial

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged Friday for the Afghanistan shootings, but Congress must also probe the Pentagon over the way it screens soldiers sent back to war after an injury.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier suspected in the most violent shooting rampage against civilians in the Afghanistan war, has now been charged with 17 counts of murder. As more is learned about his background and the events of March 11, much of the media has focused on one question: Why?

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

U.S. struggles with Iran for influence in Iraq -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

Maliki's Dangerous Tightrope Act
-- Kenneth M. Pollack, National interest

Lavrov’s delusion on Syria
-- Arab News editorial

Israel’s six strategic errors -- Patrick Seale, Special to Gulf News

France's Jihadist Shooter Was No Lone Wolf: Mohamed Merah was practically a prince in violent extremist circles. -- Jytte Klausen, Wall Street Journal

Korean missile politics overshadow Seoul nuclear terrorism summit -- Donald Kirk, Christian Science Monitor

Don’t Worry About the China Bashing -- Sheng Ding, The Diplomat

Beijing's New Deal for China's 99 percent
-- Ian Bremmer, The Call/Foreign Policy

Russia-China: Change of course? -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs

Obama’s DMZ visit
-- The Korea Herald editorial

Vladimir Putin and the Future of Russian Anti-Americanism -- Georgy Gounev, American Thinker

What the Pope must say in Cuba
-- Conrad Black, National Post

Pope Benedict, why won't you meet Cuba's dissidents? -- Mike Gonzalez, FOX News

Reacting to Obama's World Bank pick -- David Bosco, The Multilateralist/Foreign Policy

Why Jim Yong Kim will be a good World Bank president -- Daniel Runde, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy

World Bank: global carve-up -- The Guardian editorial

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