Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 20, 2012

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Obama is Buying Time on War With Iran -- Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, Mother Jones

How the Obama administration is biding its time to ramp up covert operations in Iran.

Since talks with Iran over its nuclear development started up again in April, US officials have repeatedly warned that Tehran will not be allowed to "play for time" in the negotiations. In fact, it is the Obama administration that is playing for time.

Some suggest that President Obama is trying to use diplomacy to manage the nuclear issue and forestall an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear targets through the US presidential election. In reality, his administration is "buying time" for a more pernicious agenda: time for covert action to sabotage Tehran's nuclear program; time for sanctions to set the stage for regime change in Iran; and time for the United States, its European and Sunni Arab partners, and Turkey to weaken the Islamic Republic by overthrowing the Assad government in Syria.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How Egypt's generals cut the revolution down to size -- Tim Lister and Lauren E. Bohn, CNN

Army Misrule Is Turning Egypt Into Pakistan -- Shashank Joshi, The Telegraph

Egypt’s coup: It’s about time -- Washington Times editorial

Iran nuclear talks: New plan barely masks failure -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Efforts to resolve Iranian nuclear crisis through talks shouldn't be abandoned -- Julian Borger, The Guardian

A nuclear impasse with Iran -- Washington Post editorial

Iranian intransigence and the US election
-- James Blitz, Financial Times

Tensions in the House of Saud -- Ray Takeyh, New York Times

The Trouble With Ms. Merkel -- New York Times editorial

New Government, But No New Beginning in Athens -- David Böcking, Spiegel Online

Who's to blame for the euro crisis? Let the Planet Ponzi Rating Agency help you decide -- Mitch Feierstein, Daily Mail

The Coming Oil Crash
-- Steve levine, Foreign Policy

China floats towards space dominance -- Brendan O'Reilly, Asia Times

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