President Barack Obama studies a document held by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper during the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, Feb. 3, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)A New America In A New World Order -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Obama’s vision of sameness — at home, equality of result; abroad, all nations equal — carries an appalling price tag.
The year is quite young, and yet it has already seen a multitude of disturbing events and trends — unrest in Cairo and North Africa; nuclearization in Iran; a growing anti-American alliance among Turkey, Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria; the expansionary designs of a newly unabashed China with attendant repercussions on Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan; calls for the end of the dollar as the global currency; the muscle flexing from an “I can’t believe my good luck” Russia; and the tottering of the European Union. I have no idea how most Americans react to any of the above, and I don’t think the administration has either.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
American dream, made to order -- Rupa Sengupta, Times of India
A history of anti-Americanism in Pakistan -- Nadeem F. Paracha, DAWN
S. Military Watching Gulf Unrest -- Robert Burns, AP
Asia's fragile oil dependence on the Mideast -- Michael Richardson, Japan Times
Could Libya be next? Khadafy facing 'day of rage' -- Amir Taheri, New York Post
The Woman at the Head of Yemen's Protest Movement -- Time Magazine
A true terrorism list -- L.A. Times editorial
Waiting out a strongman in the Ivory Coast -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy
Analysis: Gap in Pakistan Predator strikes not unusual -- Bill Roggio, Long War Journal
North Korea celebrates Kim Jong Il's 69th/70th birthday -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Kim Jong Il's Worst Party Ever -- Bennett Allen, Vanity Fair
Dear Leader faces unhappy birthday -- Sunny Lee, Asia Times
Hungry North Korea marks Kim Jong-il’s birthday -- Time Edwards, First Post
Factbox: Demands of Bahrain's protesters -- Reuters
Analysis: Bahrain unrest may have regional, financial impact -- Reuters
West, Gulf alike fear Bahrain upheaval -- The Australian
Taliban reality finally dawns on human rights camp -- Christopher Hitchens, National Post
Worth a Bottle of Whiskey -- Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Why Kabul Should Expect More Suicide Bombings -- John Wendle, Time Magazine
Why talks with the Taliban are likely to fail -- Praveen Swami, The Telegraph
A Rare Voice Against Plan to Leave Afghanistan -- Judy Dempsey, New York Times