Monday, May 14, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 14, 2012



The European Farce -- Niall Ferguson, The Daily Beast

Will the continent act to avert an economic cataclysm?

With the sap rising and the governments falling, all the European powers are merrily acting in national character.

In the midst of a severe financial crisis, the French have just elected a champagne socialist on promises of a 75 percent top tax rate and a lower retirement age. The Greeks also had an election in which the established parties lost to a ragbag of splinter groups. The outcome of the election was that they need to have another election. (Cue Zorba the Greek theme music.) Meanwhile, the wailing gloom of the flamenco emanates from Spain, where youth unemployment is now around 50 percent.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The final death throes of the euro -- Roger Bootle, The Telegraph

Greece exiting the euro? Not so fast -- Rick Moran, American Interest

Creating Syria Safe Zones Is a Dangerous Step Toward War -- Aaron David Miller, Bloomberg

Urban warfare, the modern Arab scourge -- Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star

A united, strong Israel -- Washington Post editorial

Israel amid an Islamist Middle East -- Stefan Kirschner, Jerusalem Post

How the Arab Spring Beat Al Qaeda
-- Fawaz A. Gerges, Daily Beast

Freeing Taliban Like Freeing Al-Qaida Terrorists -- IBD Editorial

Can Islamists Be Liberals? -- Mustafa Akyol, New York Times

Evidence of Iran Nuclear Arms Test Device Raises Stakes in Talks -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Did NATO downplay civilian deaths in Libya? -- Rick Moran, American Thinker

To stop the war on South Sudan, the U.S. should send weapons -- Andrew S. Natsios, Washington Post

What of Sino-North Korean relations? -- Korea Joong Ang Daily

Chinese Economy “Unexpectedly” Slows; Will the Bubble in China Babble Burst? -- Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

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