Opinion: Feb. 3, 2011: Most viewed, commented, Tweeted and shared
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The buzz for Feb. 3, 2011:
Most viewed: America’s ‘Islamist dilemma’
’America will always have an ‘Islamist dilemma.’ But it can be managed. Egypt is a good place to start trying,’ writes Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center and a fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
Most commented: Free the Irvine 11
‘UC Irvine suspended the Muslim Student Union after several members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador. The district attorney’s involvement at this stage is simply overkill,’ says the editorial board.
Trending on Twitter: Apple ratchets down on apps -- again
Apple may be controlling, but is it breaking the law?
Shared on Facebook: Beirut calling
Lebanon, not Egypt, may determine the fate of democracy in the Middle East, writes John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He is now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of ‘Surrender Is Not an Option.’
-- Alexandra Le Tellier
