Algeria Crisis Is A Wakeup Call For America -- Frida Ghitis, CNN
(CNN) -- The news that a large number of Westerners, including several Americans, had become hostages in North Africa shook the U.S. once again out of the delusion that it is possible to turn away from the world's problems.
Many Americans would like nothing better than to forget about the rest of the planet and focus on all the challenges crying for attention at home. After more than a decade of fighting costly and painful wars in faraway lands, people have grown weary, tired of worrying about complicated conflicts that seem to have no connection to their own lives.
But then bad things happen.
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Algeria Attack Shows The Arab Spring Morphing Into The War On Terror -- Christopher Helman, Forbes
Is Mali the next Afghanistan? -- Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Newspapers
Why Africa backs French in Mali -- Lansana Gberie, Special to CNN
Extremists are not the partners for Mali solution -- National Editorial
Don’t Overreact to Mali (or the Hostages). Let the Obama doctrine lead the way. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Libya Is Messy. So Was Eastern Europe in 1991. -- Ali Tarhouni, Bloomberg
U.N. rules and Syrian intervention -- John B. Bellinger III, Washington Post
Saddam footsteps -- Daily Star editorial
Trying to make sense of Pakistan -- Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator
But then bad things happen.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Algeria Attack Shows The Arab Spring Morphing Into The War On Terror -- Christopher Helman, Forbes
Is Mali the next Afghanistan? -- Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Newspapers
Why Africa backs French in Mali -- Lansana Gberie, Special to CNN
Extremists are not the partners for Mali solution -- National Editorial
Don’t Overreact to Mali (or the Hostages). Let the Obama doctrine lead the way. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Libya Is Messy. So Was Eastern Europe in 1991. -- Ali Tarhouni, Bloomberg
U.N. rules and Syrian intervention -- John B. Bellinger III, Washington Post
Saddam footsteps -- Daily Star editorial
Trying to make sense of Pakistan -- Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator
Extremists are not the partners for Mali solution -- National Editorial
Don’t Overreact to Mali (or the Hostages). Let the Obama doctrine lead the way. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Libya Is Messy. So Was Eastern Europe in 1991. -- Ali Tarhouni, Bloomberg
U.N. rules and Syrian intervention -- John B. Bellinger III, Washington Post
Saddam footsteps -- Daily Star editorial
Trying to make sense of Pakistan -- Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator
Analysts: Political party polls in Kenya a failure -- Tom Odula, AP
Europe Must Prepare for Life Without America -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph
The Pacific President: In his second term, Obama is taking a decisive turn away from Europe – and Britain -- Freddy Gray, Spectator
What’s behind Cuba’s new travel policy? -- Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald
The Death of Fatah and the Future of Palestine -- Dalia Hatuqa, The Atlantic
Don’t Overreact to Mali (or the Hostages). Let the Obama doctrine lead the way. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Libya Is Messy. So Was Eastern Europe in 1991. -- Ali Tarhouni, Bloomberg
U.N. rules and Syrian intervention -- John B. Bellinger III, Washington Post
Saddam footsteps -- Daily Star editorial
Trying to make sense of Pakistan -- Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator
Analysts: Political party polls in Kenya a failure -- Tom Odula, AP
Europe Must Prepare for Life Without America -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph
The Pacific President: In his second term, Obama is taking a decisive turn away from Europe – and Britain -- Freddy Gray, Spectator
What’s behind Cuba’s new travel policy? -- Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald
The Death of Fatah and the Future of Palestine -- Dalia Hatuqa, The Atlantic