Rage, Rap And Revolution: Inside The Arab Youth Quake -- Bobby Ghosh, Time Magazine
At 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, as thousands of people gathered to protest against their ruler at a busy intersection in Manama, the capital of the small island nation of Bahrain, you could just about hear over the general hubbub the anthem of the young people who have shaken regimes from North Africa to the Arabian Gulf. It wasn't a verse from the Koran. It wasn't a traditional tune from the region. It was rap. A reedy female voice shouted out, several times, the first line of "Rais Lebled," a song written by the Tunisian rapper known as El Général. "Mr. President, your people are dying," the woman sang. Then others joined in. "Mr. President, your people are dying/ People are eating rubbish/ Look at what is happening/ Miseries everywhere, Mr. President/ I talk with no fear/ Although I know I will get only trouble/ I see injustice everywhere."
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Bahrain's crackdown threatens U.S. interests -- Washington Post editorial
Now, Obama warns Bahrain, Libya and Yemen -- Andrew Malcolm, L.A. Times
Shafik Gabr: What Egypt's Top Tycoon Fears Most -- Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
US intelligence: fight terror with blather -- Michael Walsh, New York Post
Selling Arms To Russia: Choosing Between Arms and Allies -- Imants Liegis, Moscow Times
Mexico's Real War -- IBD Editorials
Inequality in China is not just about money -- Peter Foster, The Telegraph
Greece, Not Egypt -- Joseph Ashby, American Thinker
Oil prices and social unrest -- Kevin Rafferty, Japan Times
America's Looming Resource Deficit -- Daniel McGroarty, Real Clear World
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On Afghanistan
Negotiating with the Taliban: The Timing and Consequences of Settlements in Foreign Power COIN Wars -- Andrew J. Enterline and Joseph Magagnoli, Small Wars Journal
The solution in Afghanistan: Get out -- James P. McGovern and Walter B. Jones, Washington Post
Obama's War: How Afghan Conflict Has Ramped Up In Last Two Years -- Marcus Baram, Huffington Post
Why Germany Must End its Deployment in Afghanistan -- Jürgen Todenhöfer, Spiegel Online
It's time to bring our troops home -- Rep. Michael Honda (D-Calif.), The Hill
How Can We Understand a Complex Operation? -- Joshua Foust, Registan