Drilldown: Opinions

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• 'No-fly zone' is a euphemism for war. We'd be mad to try it
• 'Victory' in Libya

A

• A better-than-expected nuclear deal with Iran
• A cloudy future in Libya for U.S.
• A Good Deal for Israel
• A moral obligation to intervene
• A no-fly zone could prevent a Libyan bloodbath
• A no-fly zone for Libya
• A no-fly zone over Libya deserves more consideration
• A nuclear deal, then a choice to co-operate on extremism
• A shameful deal on Iran nukes
• A triumph of diplomacy
• A war the Pentagon doesn’t want
• A war we don't need
• Action in Syria about saving face
• America Needs to Stay Out of Syria
• An Accidental War
• An act of war without consent
• An historic deal to curb Iranian nuclear ambitions
• Arm and Shame
• Assad Crosses the Red Line

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• ‘Thank You, America!’

B

• Be Ruthless or Stay Out
• Blithely off to war
• Blocking action on Syria makes an attack on Iran more likely
• Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal

C

• Careful with Gadhafi
• Counter Gadhafi with coordinated response

D

• Danger of Iran deal is not because Tehran lies, but because it doesn’t
• Darkness Falls
• David Cameron knows what to do about Libya, but does Barack Obama?
• Deal keeps Iran from making nuclear weapons
• Do-gooders in a land with no good guys
• Don't like the Iran deal? What's the alternative?
• Don’t Intervene in Syria

E

• Enforce a no-fly zone on Libya

F

• Facts, not merely suspicions, must guide U.S. policy regarding Syria
• Fiddling While Libya Burns
• For Iran nuclear deal, implementation will be key
• For now, US must resist call for no-fly zone over Libya
• Forcing Obama’s Hand in Syria
• Forging new ground with no-fly zone
• Free Libya's cry

G

• Gaddafi has a long history as a killer — and must be stopped
• Give Iran deal hard look, serious debate

H

• Hit him hard
• Hit him hard
• Hold Iran nuclear negotiators to their word

I

• If there's no mission, when’s it accomplished?
• Ill-Considered Advice on Syria
• In Search of Monsters
• In Syria, U.S. inaction is better than intervention
• In withdrawing from Syria, Trump makes a major error
• Intervention after Libya
• Iran deal a gamble, but no deal would be worse
• Iran deal fails on all fronts
• Iran deal not a panacea, but a pragmatic necessity
• Iran's Unserious Critics
• Iraq Then, Libya Now
• Is Iran nuclear deal better than no deal? Yes
• Is there anything Obama’s not giving away in his Iran nuclear deal?
• It's Not Too Late to Save Libya
• It's Time to Intervene in Syria

J

• Just do it, Mr. President

K

• Kill the Deal

L

• Let’s Leave Syria
• Libya nears end of a brutal era

• Libya: The illusion of force
• Libyan rebels cheer, but story not over
• Libyan rebels to NATO: Get lost

M

• Message from the ruins of Qusair
• Military action is costly, but not as much as apathy
• More bombs bursting in Libya. What for?

N

• Nerve gas attack in Syria calls for U.S. response
• No to a no-fly zone in Libya
• No-fly zone for Libya should not be ruled out
• No-fly zone in Libya holds more risks than rewards

O

• Obama dithers, people die
• Obama is talking America into a war
• Obama puts politics over morals in abdicating presidential authority in Syria
• Obama right to show restraint in Syria
• Obama rushing toward risky nuclear deal with Iran
• Obama should remember Rwanda as he weighs action in Syria
• Obama to take his Syrian case to Congress
• Obama wants Congress to hold him back, and it should
• Obama will be the only person sticking to Iran deal
• Obama's loss for words on Syria
• Obama's Moment of Truth
• Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
• Obama’s Iran deal is a reckless bet
• Obama’s Nuclear Deal with Iran: Worse than We Could Have Imagined
• Obama’s signature gift for Iran
• Obama’s thin red line
• Obama’s third war
• Obama’s valid caution on Syria
• On Libya, too many questions
• On Syria, a weak strike is better than none
• On Syria, there are red lines and bad options
• Outsiders have no tool to fix Syria

P

• Pain in the Assad
• Pink line over Damascus
• President Obama has been wisely cautious about military responses to Khadafy's bloody repression
• Proceed with caution on military intervention in Libya

Q

• Questioning Syrian Intervention

R

• Red lines: Obama's costly bluster
• Reinforce a Norm in Syria
• Reject Obama's request to attack Syria
• Responding to Syrian Atrocities
• Responding to Syrian Atrocities
• Rubio on wrong side of Iran deal

S

• Save Benghazi
• Shamed into war?
• Showdown in Syria
• Stay out of Syria
• Strike Syria? Think again
• Syria is bleeding to death and the west stands by
• Syria Is Not Iraq
• Syria Side Effects
• Syria strategy can’t rely solely on military might
• Syria Vote Is A Political Trap Republicans Can Avoid
• Syria will require more than cruise missiles
• Syria, a cause for bipartisanship
• Syria: The case for No
• Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out
• Syria: the ugly choice ahead
• Syria: What Is the War Good For?
• Syria: Where is the outrage?
• Syria’s al-Qaeda threat
• Syrian chemical attack demands precise strike
• Syrian chemical attack demands precise strike
• Syrian showdown
• Syrian war leaves no easy choices

T

• Target Assad
• The Case Against Our Attack on Libya

• The Case for a No-Fly Zone
• The compelling, but still unpersuasive, case for war on Syria
• The consequences of doing nothing in Syria
• The costs of symbolism in Syria
• The Door to Iran Opens
• The emerging Iran nuclear deal raises major concerns
• The fatal flaw in the Iran deal
• The four major problems with the Iran deal
• The haze of humanitarian imperialism
• The Iran Deal and Its Consequences
• The Iran deal cuts the risk of another Mideast war
• The Iran deal: Anatomy of a disaster
• The Iran nuclear deal was necessary – but it comes at a high price
• The Libya Intervention
• The Libyan Job
• The Non-Intervention War
• The Right Questions on Syria
• The risk of taking on Syria
• The Robert Taft Republicans Return
• The Syria withdrawal may be Trump’s biggest blunder to date
• The Triumph of Evil
• The U.S. must act against Assad
• The U.S. Should Keep Out of Libya
• The United States watches as Moammar Gaddafi gains
• The west can't let Gaddafi destroy his people
• The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history
• This Ain’t Yogurt
• Time for consequences in Syria
• Time for consequences in Syria
• Time to muzzle Libya’s mad dog
• To Get a Truce, Be Ready to Escalate
• Too late for Syria
• Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria
• Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria. We've done our job by defeating ISIS.
• Trump reversal on Syria policy means big gains for Iran
• Trump was right to pull out of Syria and Afghanistan. This is what he should do next.
• Trump's bizarre decision on Syria
• Trump's foolish decision to leave Syria
• Trump’s artless deal: The president’s Syria decision will have long-term consequences
• Trump’s dangerous blunder in Syria endangers US ally
• Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From Syria Is Alarming. Just Ask His Advisers.
• Trump’s hasty Syria withdrawal means ‘Merry Christmas’ for Vladimir Putin
• Trump’s Syria withdrawal has handed a huge gift to Islamic State

U

• U.S. policy on Syria still lacks coherence
• U.S.'s Lose-Lose War Objective in Libya: A Tie
• Unserious Commander-in-Chief

V

• Volatile Syria: There are more reasons for the U.S. to stay out

W

• Waking up to Syria
• War Party beats drums for action in Syria
• War, What Is It Good For?
• Washington’s Options on Libya
• We can’t look away from Syria now
• We don't know what we're doing
• We Intervene
• We set Syria ablaze... Now we're hurling in explosives
• We’ve left it too late to save Syria – this conflict can never be won
• What's our plan?
• When It Comes to Iran, the Obama Administration’s Willful Blindness Is Astounding
• Why America Is Saying 'No'
• Why Have Democrats Abandoned Syria?
• Why the Naysayers Are Wrong About the Iran Deal
• Why Trump is right about withdrawing from Syria
• Why Trump's Syria withdrawal is the right move
• With or Without Us
• Without A Deal, Obama Announces Nuclear Pact With Iran