Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 18, 2014

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ykmPDMnTm9k" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Losing Ukraine -- Max Boot, Commentary </b></span></div><br />The battle for Ukraine has resumed, more violently than ever. Riot police, assisted by “young men in jeans wearing medical masks and carrying pipes and baseball bats,” have broken through barricades in Kiev’s Independence Square. Demonstrators armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails are fighting back and preliminary reports are that at least nine people (seven demonstrators, two police officers) have been killed. Clouds of black smoke are said to be rising over the parliament building, the result of tires set alight by anti-government protesters.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/02/18/losing-ukraine/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-the-despair-of-syrias-refugees/2014/02/17/43294b50-97fd-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html">Syria’s refugees despair while the world is indifferent</a> -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/defence-and-security-blog/2014/feb/17/syria-islamists-terrorists">Extremist threat from Syria - real or exaggerated? </a>-- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/02/18/iran-bait-and-switch/">Iran bait-and-switch</a> -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/north-koreas-horrors-as-shown-by-one-defectors-drawings/283899/">North Korea's Horrors, as Shown by One Defector's Drawings </a>-- Matt Ford, The Atlantic<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-18/can-china-teach-north-korea-to-play-nice-.html">Can China Teach North Korea to Play Nice?</a> -- Bloomberg editorial<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/qanda-about-the-afghanistan-prisoner-release/2014/02/13/c313e48e-94e6-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html">Q&A about the Afghanistan prisoner release </a>-- Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jackson-diehl-japans-provocative-moves/2014/02/16/142b22e4-9599-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html">Japan’s provocative moves</a> -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/opinion/as-genocide-looms.html?ref=opinion&_r=0">Central African Republic: As Genocide Looms</a> -- New York Times editorial<br /><br /><a href="http://lightbox.time.com/2014/02/17/fabio-bucciarelli-south-sudan/#1">On the Brink of an Abyss: Fabio Bucciarelli in South Sudan</a> -- Fabio Bucciarelli, Time<br /><br /><a href="http://american.com/archive/2014/february/for-venezuelan-regime-the-partys-over">For Venezuelan Regime, the Party’s Over</a> -- Roger F. Noriega, The American<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/17/opinion/frum-venezuela-chavismo-in-trouble/">Will Venezuela abandon Chavismo? </a>-- David Frum, CNN Contributor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2014/0218/What-s-going-on-in-Venezuela">What's going on in Venezuela?</a> -- Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2014/02/18/the_american_publics_indifference_to_foreign_affairs.html">Americans Aren't Interested in the World's Problems</a> -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/china-sells-second-largest-amount-us-treasurys-december-and-guess-who-comes-rescue">China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasury In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue</a> -- Zero Hedge<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/18/is-al-qaeda-aiding-bashar-al-assad.html">Is Al Qaeda Aiding Bashar Al-Assad?</a> -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 18, 2014

Losing Ukraine -- Max Boot, Commentary The battle for Ukraine has resumed, more violently than ever. Riot police, assisted by “young men in ...

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