Will Syria Be the Next Iraq? -- James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
"A nearly immediate impasse over a United Nations resolution on removing Syria's chemical weapons sent American, British and French diplomats into a huddle on Tuesday, as they sought to craft a version stern enough to ensure Syrian compliance without spurring a Russian veto," The Wall Street Journal reports.
At issue is whether the Security Council will invoke its authority under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, "a clause that allows U.N. member states to use all possible means, including military action, to enforce a resolution." Russia is balking at that prospect, whereas an unnamed French official "said Paris considered Chapter 7 a nonnegotiable part of the draft resolution." The U.S. position is that "it could strike Syria without a Security Council resolution."
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Is Russia toying with US? Missile sale to Iran raises question -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Is the White House lying about how the Russian Syria proposal originated? -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
President Obama's Syria Confusion -- Rajan Menon, Real Clear World
Eye on Sinai -- Jerusalem Post editorial
Shhhh! It’s the anniversary of the Benghazi attack -- Dan Gainor, FOX News
On Anniversary Of Benghazi Attack, Libya Still Struggles -- Krishnadev Calamur, NPR
Since Benghazi attack, Libya worse off, families in lurch -- Mathieu Galtier and Jabeen Bhatti , Special for USA TODAY
Why gunmen have turned off Libya's oil taps -- Rana Jawad, BBC
Zimbabwe: Mugabe loads new cabinet with hardliners -- Aislinn Laing, Christian Science Monitor
India: Where did the great dream go? -- Amrit Dhillon, The Age
Ominous Clouds Over Afghanistan -- Najmuddin A. Shaikh, DAWN
Surreal Afghanistan boardwalk fading into memory as U.S. troops withdraw -- Jay Price, McClatchy
Japan awakes but nightmare is real -- Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald
Berlusconi Holds Italy for Ransom -- Fabian Reinbold, Spiegel Online
Face of US poverty: These days, more poor live in suburbs than in cities -- Richard Mertens, Christian Science Monitor
The American Public's Foreign-Policy Reawakening -- Robert W. Merry, National Interest