Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 17, 2014

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XrfHjo5Shw8" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>North Korea's Atrocities: What Is The World Going To Do? Not Much. -- Paul Whitefield, L.A. Times</b></span></div><br />Sometimes — as with North Korea and its despot of the moment, Kim Jong Un — I hate to admit it, but I miss the good/bad old days when we could just threaten to bomb someone back into the Stone Age to solve problems.<br /><br />The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea released a 400-page report Monday detailing just how bad things are there; here’s the laundry list:<br /><br />“These crimes against humanity entail extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds, the forcible transfer of populations, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation.”<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-north-korea-united-nations-report-atrocities-20140217,0,5425154.story?track=rss#axzz2tbHkqCQv">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://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304675504579388550849104482?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304675504579388550849104482.html">Exposing North Korea</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><br /><a href="http://nypost.com/2014/02/16/handing-the-middle-east-to-russia/">Handing the Middle East to Russia</a> -- Amir Taheri, New York Post<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/17/iran-s-mixed-messages-ahead-of-p5-1-talks.html">Iran’s Mixed Messages Ahead Of P5+1 Talks</a> -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast<br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0216/Rouhani-s-campaign-of-hope-and-change-collides-with-Iran-s-reality-video">Rouhani's campaign of hope and change collides with Iran's reality </a>-- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2014/02/16/the-chinese-and-japanese-economies-are-delinking-prelude-to-conflict/">The Chinese And Japanese Economies Are Delinking: Prelude To Conflict?</a> -- Gordon G. Chang, Forbes<br /><br /><a href="http://rt.com/op-edge/venezuela-protests-president-maduro-370/">Venezuela’s Maduro left alone to deal with protests </a>-- Mauricio Savarese, RT<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/17/bosnia-terrifying-picture-of-europe-future">Bosnia presents a terrifying picture of Europe's future </a>-- Igor Štiks, The Guardian <br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-17/swiss-fault-lines-exposed-as-villagers-see-risk-to-postcard-life.html">Swiss Fault Lines Exposed as Villagers See Risk to Postcard Life </a>-- Corinne Gretler and Catherine Bosley, Bloomberg<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/opinion/cohen-britannia-rues-the-waves.html?_r=0">Britannia Rues the Waves</a> -- Roger Cohen, New York Times<br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/why-ukraine-just-take-a-look-at-their-neighbors/kiev-viktor-yanukovich-european-standards-maiden-protesters-/c1s15026/#.UwKYMIWJJuR">Why Ukraine? Just Take A Look At Their Neighbors</a> -- Dmitri Oreshkin, World Crunch<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sochi-olympics/will-putins-50-billion-bet-sochi-pay-n30446">Will Putin's $50 Billion Bet on Sochi Pay Off?</a> -- Carlo Angerer, NBC<br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/the-darkest-hour-of-venezuelan-democracy/hugo-chavez-nicolas-maduro-venezuelan-caracas/c7s15052/#.UwKV1IWJJuQ">The Darkest Hour Of Venezuelan Democracy</a> -- World Crunch<br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0217/Is-Al-Qaeda-about-to-expand-the-field-of-jihad-to-Lebanon">Is Al Qaeda about to expand the 'field of jihad' to Lebanon?</a> -- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/taba-bombing-shows-terror-group-not-giving-up-on-sinai/">Taba bombing shows Sinai terrorists won’t go quietly</a> -- Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel<br /><br /><a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pillar/confusion-counterterrorism-9893">Confusion on Counterterrorism </a>-- Paul Pillar, National Interest

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 17, 2014

North Korea's Atrocities: What Is The World Going To Do? Not Much. -- Paul Whitefield, L.A. Times Sometimes — as with North Korea and it...

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