Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials — October 19, 2009
The uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz in Iran, left, and President ObamaFrom left: Abedin Taherkenareh; Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
President Barack Obama has a personal stake in the outcome of Monday’s meeting in Vienna between Western and Iranian nuclear experts on the future of Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium. That’s because, Administration sources tell TIME, Obama personally weighed in three times during secret, multiparty negotiations with the Iranians over the last four months — in what has become not just a test of Iran’s nuclear intentions but also a test of Obama’s effort to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions through a combination of sanctions, threats and incentives.
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Russia Worries About the Price of Oil, Not a Nuclear Iran — Garry Kasparov, Wall Street Journal
BRICkbats for the Russian Bear — Nouriel Roubini, Globe & Mail
War and Politics (in Afghanistan) — Steve Coll, New Yorker
An Intermediate Option On Afghanistan — Stephen J. Solarz and Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Times
Europe’s Angst over Afghanistan — Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
A new battle begins in Pakistan — Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times
Yes, the Taleban are Being Thumped But… — Anatol Lieven, The Times
Civilian Courts Are No Place to Try Terrorists — Michael B. Mukasey, Wall Street Journal
The UN Sides with Terrorists — Washington Times editorial
The Danger of Obama’s Dithering – John R. Bolton, Los Angeles Times
Decline and Fall (Of Europe) — The Times editorial.
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