Featured Articles — September 23, 2009

September 23, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes From Home And Abroad:

The UN loves Barack Obama because he is weak By Nile Gardiner, Daily Telegraph
It is not hard to see why a standing ovation awaits Barack Obama when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly today, writes Nile Gardiner.

Obama to usher in new age of co-operation with UN By Ewen MacAskill, Guardian
US cannot wall itself off, or solve world’s problems alone, president will tell assembly.

Democrat lead over GOP is smallest in five years; doubts about Obama continue to grow By Byron York, The Washington Examiner
The new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll asked respondents whether they would prefer to see next year’s elections result in a Congress controlled by Democrats or a Congress controlled by Republicans.

Obama and the Politics of Concession By Mark Helprin, The Wall Street Journal
Iran and Russia put Obama to the test last week, and he blinked twice.

McChrystal to Obama: More Troops Or I Quit! By Dan McLaughlin, The New Ledger
If you are old enough to remember the George W. Bush Administration and the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, you will recall that a favorite theme of critics of Bush’s war management was that Bush hadn’t listened to Army brass asking for more troops in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. In particular, the Democrats practically made a secular saint of General Eric Shinseki, who supposedly was fired for delivering this message.

Cracks in Iran’s Clique By Tom Friedman, The New York Times
For the first time since Iran began enriching uranium that could be used in a nuclear weapon, we have a glimmer of hope for a diplomatic solution to this problem — as long as we are not too diplomatic, as long as the Iranian regime is made to understand that biting economic sanctions are an absolute certainty and military force by Israel is a live possibility.

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