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Rosenblog Opinion Review, Vol. 22

June 11, 2006

Frank Schaeffer, Los Angeles Times: "In This Paper, War Heroes Are MIA."

James Lileks, Newhouse News Service: "Self-Loathing And The Denial Of Terrorism."

Edward N. Luttwak, Los Angeles Times: "Will Civil War Bring Lasting Peace To Iraq? History Shows Civil Wars Must Be Fought Without Foreign Interference Before Stability Prevails."

Lawrence J. Haas, Billings Gazette: "Can The U.S. Live With An Iran That Possesses Nuclear Weapons?"

"Sandmonkey," Christian Science Monitor: "SOS From an Egyptian Blogger."

Anar Ali, New York Times: "The Person Behind The Muslim."

Po Bronson/Ashley Merryman, Time: "Are Americans Suffering Diversity Fatigue?"

George Monbiot, Los Angeles Times: "A Few More Nukes! Environmentalists Need To Face The Fact That Nuclear Power Is less Dangerous Than Fossil-Fired Global Warming."

Craig Newmark, San Francisco Chronicle: "What If They Gagged Guttenberg? Big Telecom Is Trying To Throttle Free Access To The Democratic Internet."

John Kass, Chicago Tribune: "Corruption Charge Hits Close To Home."

Karl Zinsmeister, The American Enterprise: "In Praise of Ordinary Choices."

The Oregonian, editorial: "A Smoking Gun And Bleeding Taxpayers."

Alan Bersin/Alice Huffman, San Francisco Chronicle: "High School Exit Exam Is Necessary."

Peter Callaghan, Tacoma News Tribune: "Curb Your Enthusiasm: It'll Mean More."

Charles Krauthammer, Time: "In Plain English: Let's Make It Official."

David Helvarg, Los Angeles Times: "Category Five Foolishness - Atlantic Hurrican Season Starts...and 'Early Greenhouse Century' Hubris Abounds."

Byron York, National Review Online: "The Two Worlds Of The Liberal Blogsphere."

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Comments:

Bravo, Matt, for linking to the superb piece by Edward Luttwak. At last, someone who has broken out of the absurd framework of "cut and run" or persistence in a failing strategy!

The death of Zarqawi puts us at a crucial turning point of our own. Is it really possible to restore some semblance of civil order in Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle? If so, we need more troops there, and now. If it is neither possible, nor desirable, as Luttwak suggests, we need a pull-back (not pull-out) stratgegy that refocuses on our jihadist enemies and away from defending one side (and that probably the wrong side)in a civil war.

This is a difficult choice and we need much more careful arguments, like Luttwak's, exploring the options.

Posted by: Tom Rekdal at June 11, 2006 05:41 PM

Good roundup Matt...

Posted by: DA at June 18, 2006 11:11 AM
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