Commentary And Opinion On the World's Conflicts -- May 20, 2008

THE U.S. AND ITS WARS
Damaging The War Effort -- Washington Times
How John McCain is not George W. Bush -- Daniel Drezner
What Vietnam taught McCain about war -- Matt Bai, International Herald Tribune
Should next president talk with Ahmadinejad? -- FOX News
When Smart Folks Miss -- Winds Of Change
Culpable mois? -- Kings Of War

INTERNATIONAL
Food crisis creates an opening for Muslim fundamentalists -- LA Times
South Africa's hard truths -- Sean Jacobs, The Guardian
Iraq: Stupid Soldier, Quick Response -- Abu Muqawama
A state in denial needs reality checks (Radical Islam In The U.K.) -- Alasdair Palmer, The Telegraph
Major lapses in nuclear security are routine -- The Independent
The Incredible Shrinking Superpower -- Massimo Calabresi/Al Janadriyah, Time Magazine
A Reality Check as Israel Turns 60 -- Fouad Ajami, U.S. News & World Report

AFGHANISTAN
Is Nato Repeating The USSR's Mistakes? -- Alastair Leithead, BBC News
Who will be left standing when the Afghan war ends? -- Myra MacDonald, Reuters

LEBANON
Hezbollah's Defeat -- Rantburg
Hezbollah's Power Play -- Washington Times
Lebanon's Future -- Winds Of Change
The Resistance as Oppressor -- Abu Muqawama