Why I Fear The West Can't Influence The Powder Keg That Is The Arab World -- Max Hastings, The Daily Mail
Britain, France and America now have a commitment in Libya for which no one can foretell the ending. The wider Arab world is in a ferment which causes every monarch and tyrant in the region to tremble.
Western leaders ritually applaud the stirrings of revolt in Syria and Yemen. But they are struggling to define new policies in the face of events whose significance remains shrouded in uncertainty.
Read more ....
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
What's at Stake at the London Meeting on Libya? -- Glen Levy, Time
Give War a Chance -- William Kristol, Weekly Standard
The Devil We Know -- Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard
Libya. The Observer debate: Is it right to be intervening in Libya's struggle for freedom? -- The Guardian
Politicians, Media & “Kinetic Military Actions”: Libya In Historical Perspective -- Brian Birdnow, Townhall
Libya Lesson: Don't Give Up Your WMDs -- Armchair Generalist
Why Punish Libya, But Not Syria? -- IBD Editorial
Assad plots his next move in live-or-die game for Syria -- Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald
What is at stake if Syria's regime falls -- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor
Is it 'game over' in Yemen?: The Yemeni president still appears more defiant than responsive to the protests rocking his country. -- Murad Alazzany, Al Jazeera
Brewing Civil War in Yemen Has All Sides Nervous -- Alexander Smoltczyk, Spiegel Online
Does the "Obama doctrine" apply to the Ivory Coast? -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy
High profile scandals in China, India, and the Philippines: What's going on? -- Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor
Vanishing act by Japanese executive during nuclear crisis raises questions -- Washington Post
Tokyo's Fatalism: Courage in the Face of Disaster -- Walter Mayr, Spiegel Online
How To Ruin The FBI -- IBD Editorial
More News On President Obama's Speech On Libya
Text Of Obama's Speech On Libya: 'A Responsibility To Act' -- NPR
Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya -- Yahoo News/AP
Obama vows U.S. forces won't get bogged down in Libya -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Obama 'we stopped massacre in Libya' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Obama: U.S. had responsibility to act in Libya -- Washington Post
Obama: Libya mission necessary to protect 'common humanity' -- Christina Science Monitor
‘Deadly advance’ Obama’s trigger -- Washington Times
Brutality in Libya required swift action, Obama says -- Boston.com
Obama Cites Limits of U.S. Role in Libya -- New York Times
Obama offers forceful defense of Libya action -- CBS News
Obama: We should not be afraid to act -- CBS
Obama makes his case for U.S. intervention in Libya -- CNN
Obama: U.S. Has 'Stopped Qaddafi's Deadly Advance' in Libya -- FOX News
Libya: Obama defends war, insists US role is limited -- BBC
Obama Defends US Involvement in Libyan Air Campaign -- Voice of America
Obama Seeks to Bolster Public Support -- Wall Street Journal
Obama: ‘We Have Responsibility to Act’ -- Wall Street Journal
Obama seeks to define Libya goals, exit plan -- Reuters