It’s Crunch Time For Israel On Iran -- Wall Street Journal
After years of failed diplomacy no one will be able to call an attack precipitous.
Legions of senior American officials have descended on Jerusalem recently, but the most important of them has been Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His central objective was to dissuade Israel from carrying out military strikes against Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities. Under the guise of counseling “patience,” Mr. Gates again conveyed President Barack Obama’s emphatic thumbs down on military force.
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OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, AND EDITORIALS
Government may scrap color-coded terror alert -- Washington Examiner
Death of a Doctrine -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post opinion
Never Mind Two Wars -- Abe Greenwald, Commentary
What Does Iraq Owe Kuwait? -- Los Angeles Times editorial.
Hillary's Chinese Pipe Dream -- Tim Fernholz, The American Prospect
China's Influence Has Its Limits -- Fu Ying, Daily Telegraph
All Stimulus Roads Lead to China -- Barry Eichengreen, RealClearWorld
Recession Robs Spain's Youth -- Helene Zuber, Der Spiegel
Should Obama Sign North Korea Peace Treaty? -- Zhiqun Zhu, CS Monitor
North Korea at the Brink -- Joshua Stanton, The New Ledger
Britain, US at Cross-purposes? -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times opinion
How We’ll Win in Afghanistan -- Bing West, Wall Street Journal opinion
Winning in Afghanistan -- Washington Times editorial