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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" version="2.0"><channel><title>David Ignatius: Most Recent Articles and Archives</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</link><description>Get the latest articles from David Ignatius articles and view preview articles in the David Ignatius archive from The Washington Post.</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:21:53 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:21:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>David Ignatius: Most Recent Articles and Archives</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</link></image><item><title>Obama wants Assad to go, but not too soon</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2d865e1f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Eobama0Ewants0Eassad0Eto0Ego0Ebut0Enot0Etoo0Esoon0C20A130C0A60C190Cc26fb3f0A0Ed90A20E11e20Ea0A160E92547bf0A94cc0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Critics are correct when they argue that President Obama doesn’t have a strategy for military victory in Syria. The reality is that, despite his decision last week to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-move-to-arm-syrian-rebels-comes-as-assad-gains-upper-hand/2013/06/14/eb55de58-d500-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html"&gt;arm the opposition&lt;/a&gt; there, Obama is still playing for a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/obama-g-8-leaders-cite-weak-economic-prospects/2013/06/18/755e2064-d813-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html"&gt;negotiated diplomatic transition&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon/2013/06/19/c26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2d865e1f/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon%2F2013%2F06%2F19%2Fc26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+wants+Assad+to+go%2C+but+not+too+soon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon%2F2013%2F06%2F19%2Fc26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+wants+Assad+to+go%2C+but+not+too+soon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon%2F2013%2F06%2F19%2Fc26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+wants+Assad+to+go%2C+but+not+too+soon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon%2F2013%2F06%2F19%2Fc26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+wants+Assad+to+go%2C+but+not+too+soon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon%2F2013%2F06%2F19%2Fc26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+wants+Assad+to+go%2C+but+not+too+soon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165667150793/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d865e1f/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165667150793/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d865e1f/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165667150793/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d865e1f/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">chemical weapons</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">Twitter</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:19:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-obama-wants-assad-to-go-but-not-too-soon/2013/06/19/c26fb3f0-d902-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>The U.S. should help Mideast moderates</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2d4fa742/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Eus0Esupport0Efor0Emoderates0Ein0Ethe0Emiddle0Eeast0C20A130C0A60C140C30A63f880A0Ed50Ac0E11e20Ea73e0E826d299ff4590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;What is America’s strategy in the Middle East? That question is more urgent as the Obama administration finally moves to arm the Syrian opposition. The United States needs a framework that connects its policy in Syria with what’s happening in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey and elsewhere in the region.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east/2013/06/14/3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2d4fa742/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east%2F2013%2F06%2F14%2F3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+U.S.+should+help+Mideast+moderates" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east%2F2013%2F06%2F14%2F3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+U.S.+should+help+Mideast+moderates" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east%2F2013%2F06%2F14%2F3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+U.S.+should+help+Mideast+moderates" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east%2F2013%2F06%2F14%2F3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+U.S.+should+help+Mideast+moderates" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east%2F2013%2F06%2F14%2F3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+U.S.+should+help+Mideast+moderates" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666811383/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d4fa742/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666811383/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d4fa742/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666811383/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d4fa742/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Hezbollah</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:47:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-us-support-for-moderates-in-the-middle-east/2013/06/14/3063f880-d50c-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Edward Snowden’s misplaced idealism</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2d35c736/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Esnowden0Eexposed0Epolicies0Eapproved0Eby0Econgress0Ecourts0C20A130C0A60C120C815c8aa40Ed2d70E11e20Ea73e0E826d299ff4590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Journalists have a professional commitment to the idea that more debate is better, so we instinctively side with leakers. But I’m skeptical about some of t&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/investigators-looking-at-how-snowden-gained-access-at-nsa/2013/06/10/83b4841a-d209-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html"&gt;he claims of Edward Snowden&lt;/a&gt;, the young National Security Agency contractor who leaked secrets about that agency’s surveillance programs to The Post and the Guardian. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts/2013/06/12/815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2d35c736/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Edward+Snowden%E2%80%99s+misplaced+idealism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Edward+Snowden%E2%80%99s+misplaced+idealism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Edward+Snowden%E2%80%99s+misplaced+idealism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Edward+Snowden%E2%80%99s+misplaced+idealism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Edward+Snowden%E2%80%99s+misplaced+idealism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666504490/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d35c736/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666504490/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d35c736/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666504490/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2d35c736/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:20:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-snowden-exposed-policies-approved-by-congress-courts/2013/06/12/815c8aa4-d2d7-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Attorney General Eric Holder is not up to the task</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2cff3acb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Eattorney0Egeneral0Eeric0Eholder0Eis0Enot0Eup0Eto0Ethe0Etask0C20A130C0A60C0A70C4975d4ce0Ecd550E11e20E8f6b0E67f40Ae176f0A30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;People are looking for the wrong “scandal” about Attorney General Eric Holder. The problem with Holder is the plain fact that, in the judgment of a wide range of legal colleagues, he has been a mediocre attorney general. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task/2013/06/07/4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2cff3acb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2F4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Attorney+General+Eric+Holder+is+not+up+to+the+task" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2F4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Attorney+General+Eric+Holder+is+not+up+to+the+task" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2F4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Attorney+General+Eric+Holder+is+not+up+to+the+task" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2F4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Attorney+General+Eric+Holder+is+not+up+to+the+task" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2F4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Attorney+General+Eric+Holder+is+not+up+to+the+task" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666306661/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cff3acb/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666306661/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cff3acb/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666306661/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cff3acb/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-attorney-general-eric-holder-is-not-up-to-the-task/2013/06/07/4975d4ce-cd55-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>In defeat at Qusair, Syrian rebels’ painful failings</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2cf28c3d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cin0Edefeat0Eat0Equsair0Esyrian0Erebels0Epainful0Efailings0C20A130C0A60C0A60C35cbe4280Ecef30E11e20E88450Ed970Accb0A44970Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;As Syrian rebel commanders assess &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syria-state-tv-says-government-troops-now-in-full-control-of-embattled-border-town-of-qusair/2013/06/05/c567ec3e-cda0-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_story.html"&gt;their defeat this week in Qusair&lt;/a&gt;, a strategic crossroads near the Lebanese border, they see a painful new demonstration of the need for a strong command-and-control structure to coordinate weapons and fighters. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings/2013/06/06/35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2cf28c3d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fin-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings%2F2013%2F06%2F06%2F35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+defeat+at+Qusair%2C+Syrian+rebels%E2%80%99+painful+failings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fin-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings%2F2013%2F06%2F06%2F35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+defeat+at+Qusair%2C+Syrian+rebels%E2%80%99+painful+failings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fin-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings%2F2013%2F06%2F06%2F35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+defeat+at+Qusair%2C+Syrian+rebels%E2%80%99+painful+failings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fin-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings%2F2013%2F06%2F06%2F35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+defeat+at+Qusair%2C+Syrian+rebels%E2%80%99+painful+failings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fin-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings%2F2013%2F06%2F06%2F35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+defeat+at+Qusair%2C+Syrian+rebels%E2%80%99+painful+failings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666224918/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cf28c3d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666224918/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cf28c3d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666224918/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cf28c3d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-defeat-at-qusair-syrian-rebels-painful-failings/2013/06/06/35cbe428-cef3-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Susan Rice, a provocateur in the West Wing</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2ce5dd15/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Esusan0Erice0Ea0Eprovocateur0Ein0Ethe0Ewest0Ewing0C20A130C0A60C0A50C5b7f0Ae10A0Ece220E11e20E8f6b0E67f40Ae176f0A30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Think of &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/susan-e-rice/gIQAZh4M9O_topic.html"&gt;Susan Rice&lt;/a&gt; as the president’s assertive kid sister. Where he’s cool and deferential, she’s boisterous and sometimes abrasive. Where he avoids public confrontation, she often relishes it. They have different styles, but make no mistake: What Rice says out loud is often what Obama is thinking privately. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing/2013/06/05/5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2ce5dd15/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Susan+Rice%2C+a+provocateur+in+the+West+Wing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Susan+Rice%2C+a+provocateur+in+the+West+Wing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Susan+Rice%2C+a+provocateur+in+the+West+Wing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Susan+Rice%2C+a+provocateur+in+the+West+Wing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Susan+Rice%2C+a+provocateur+in+the+West+Wing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666134265/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2ce5dd15/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666134265/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2ce5dd15/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666134265/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2ce5dd15/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">United States Cabinet</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-susan-rice-a-provocateur-in-the-west-wing/2013/06/05/5b7f0e10-ce22-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>A power test for the U.S. and China</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2cb02ddd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ea0Eus0Echina0Esummit0Eworthy0Eof0Ethe0Ename0C20A130C0A50C310C54d7ea1e0Ec9810E11e20E92450E773c0A123c0A270Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;U.S. officials describe a common frustration in dealing with China over the past decade. Beijing wants to be recognized as a rising economic power but refuses to be an active partner in maintaining security. Beijing has seemed to want a free ride, without the corresponding responsibilities. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name/2013/05/31/54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2cb02ddd/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name%2F2013%2F05%2F31%2F54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+power+test+for+the+U.S.+and+China" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name%2F2013%2F05%2F31%2F54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+power+test+for+the+U.S.+and+China" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name%2F2013%2F05%2F31%2F54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+power+test+for+the+U.S.+and+China" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name%2F2013%2F05%2F31%2F54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+power+test+for+the+U.S.+and+China" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name%2F2013%2F05%2F31%2F54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+power+test+for+the+U.S.+and+China" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665710648/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cb02ddd/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665710648/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cb02ddd/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665710648/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2cb02ddd/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Xi Jinping</category><category domain="">Twitter</category><category domain="">international relations</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 23:24:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-a-us-china-summit-worthy-of-the-name/2013/05/31/54d7ea1e-c981-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>A new road map to Middle East peace?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c7b51b0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ea0Enew0Eroad0Emap0Eto0Emiddle0Eeast0Epeace0C20A130C0A50C270Cb6cbf8ca0Ec6f50E11e20E92450E773c0A123c0A270Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Secretary of State John Kerry’s cardinal rule in trying to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been that he won’t talk publicly about the details, so it’s difficult to know how he’s doing. But he’s still hard at it, and he seems to be employing some modest variations on the traditional choreography of Middle East shuttle diplomacy. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace/2013/05/27/b6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c7b51b0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace%2F2013%2F05%2F27%2Fb6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+new+road+map+to+Middle+East+peace%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace%2F2013%2F05%2F27%2Fb6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+new+road+map+to+Middle+East+peace%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace%2F2013%2F05%2F27%2Fb6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+new+road+map+to+Middle+East+peace%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace%2F2013%2F05%2F27%2Fb6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+new+road+map+to+Middle+East+peace%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace%2F2013%2F05%2F27%2Fb6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+new+road+map+to+Middle+East+peace%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665470573/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c7b51b0/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665470573/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c7b51b0/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665470573/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c7b51b0/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">United Nations</category><category domain="">peace talks</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 23:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-a-new-road-map-to-middle-east-peace/2013/05/27/b6cbf8ca-c6f5-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>The covert commander in chief</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c6133af/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ethe0Ecovert0Ecommander0Ein0Echief0C20A130C0A50C240C7a3e69480Ec48d0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;W&lt;/em&gt;atching President Obama's compelling&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-obama-expresses-regrets-but-seeks-to-retain-anti-terror-powers/2013/05/23/a99cc93c-c3de-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html"&gt; speech on counterterrorism&lt;/a&gt; policy Thursday, one couldn’t help wondering what he might accomplish if he could apply the same intellectual focus and intensity to governing the nation that he has shown as covert commander in chief.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief/2013/05/24/7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c6133af/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665322293/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c6133af/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665322293/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c6133af/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665322293/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c6133af/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">tribal areas</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">U.S. Congress</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief/2013/05/24/7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Testing time for Syria’s rebels</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c3865c3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Etesting0Etime0Efor0Esyrias0Erebels0Eahead0Eof0Egeneva0Etalks0C20A130C0A50C210C480A80Ab280Ec2440E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It’s a rule of thumb in Middle East conflicts that whenever peace talks are announced, each side steps up the fighting so it can grab as much territory as possible before the cease-fire lines are drawn. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks/2013/05/21/48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c3865c3/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665059264/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c3865c3/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665059264/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c3865c3/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665059264/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c3865c3/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">peace talks</category><category domain="">Al-Qaeda</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks/2013/05/21/48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>The Benghazi e-mails’ backside-covering</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c1375ee/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ethe0Ebenghazi0Ee0Emails0Ebackside0Ecovering0C20A130C0A50C170C8a4f6fa20Ebe620E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/politics/white-house-e-mails-on-2012-attacks-in-benghazi-libya/157/"&gt;hundred pages of Benghazi e-mails&lt;/a&gt; released &lt;span&gt;this &lt;/span&gt;week tell us almost nothing about how four Americans came to die so tragically in that Libyan city. But they are a case study in why nothing works in Washington. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering/2013/05/17/8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2c1375ee/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+Benghazi+e-mails%E2%80%99+backside-covering" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+Benghazi+e-mails%E2%80%99+backside-covering" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+Benghazi+e-mails%E2%80%99+backside-covering" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+Benghazi+e-mails%E2%80%99+backside-covering" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+Benghazi+e-mails%E2%80%99+backside-covering" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664769683/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c1375ee/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664769683/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c1375ee/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664769683/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2c1375ee/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Central Intelligence Agency</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">news media</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:41:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-benghazi-e-mails-backside-covering/2013/05/17/8a4f6fa2-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>In IRS and AP scandals, a frighteningly impotent government</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2bf956b0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ein0Eirs0Eand0Eap0Escandals0Ea0Edysfunctional0Egovernment0C20A130C0A50C150C137ba9de0Ebd920E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;At a time when Congress can’t pass a budget and the president can’t win approval of any important legislation, the public is indignant about the threat of an overreaching, all-powerful federal government that uses the IRS and the Justice Department to harass its enemies. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government/2013/05/15/137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2bf956b0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+IRS+and+AP+scandals%2C+a+frighteningly+impotent+government" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+IRS+and+AP+scandals%2C+a+frighteningly+impotent+government" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+IRS+and+AP+scandals%2C+a+frighteningly+impotent+government" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+IRS+and+AP+scandals%2C+a+frighteningly+impotent+government" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=In+IRS+and+AP+scandals%2C+a+frighteningly+impotent+government" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664604580/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2bf956b0/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664604580/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2bf956b0/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664604580/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2bf956b0/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-in-irs-and-ap-scandals-a-dysfunctional-government/2013/05/15/137ba9de-bd92-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>A beginning for Syria talks</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2baee1b0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Efor0Esyria0Etalks0Ea0Ebeginning0C20A130C0A50C0A80C0Acddce0Aa0Eb8230E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It shouldn’t have been this hard, but Secretary of State John Kerry has finally gotten Russia to back the peace plan on Syria that it endorsed in principle last June. This isn’t a breakthrough, but at least it’s a beginning. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning/2013/05/08/0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2baee1b0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+beginning+for+Syria+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+beginning+for+Syria+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+beginning+for+Syria+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+beginning+for+Syria+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=A+beginning+for+Syria+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664190422/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2baee1b0/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664190422/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2baee1b0/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664190422/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2baee1b0/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-for-syria-talks-a-beginning/2013/05/08/0cddce0a-b823-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>The limits of surveillance</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b72e656/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ethe0Elimits0Eof0Esurveillance0C20A130C0A50C0A20C0A630Afd320Eb3750E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;America’s top intelligence official said Thursday that there is no evidence so far that the Boston Marathon bombers had help from foreign terrorist networks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“At this point, I haven’t seen anything that raises a concern there was a bigger plot, but we’re still investigating,” James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said in an interview. He was responding to a query about &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-defends-law-enforcement-efforts-before-boston-attack/2013/04/30/3f2c68ee-b1ac-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html"&gt;a recent newspaper story&lt;/a&gt; citing two Russian militants as possible accomplices.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance/2013/05/02/0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b72e656/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2F0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+surveillance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2F0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+surveillance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2F0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+surveillance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2F0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+surveillance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2F0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+surveillance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016975246/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b72e656/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016975246/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b72e656/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016975246/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b72e656/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">intelligence community</category><category domain="">Al-Qaeda</category><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 01:15:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-limits-of-surveillance/2013/05/02/0630fd32-b375-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama bets big on Syrian rebel leader</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b66b063/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cobama0Ebets0Ebig0Eon0Esyrian0Erebel0Eleader0C20A130C0A50C0A10C58c186460Eb2a50E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Obama administration is placing a large bet on the ability of a Syrian former professor of military engineering to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-what-path-now-for-syria/2013/02/12/69b233f2-754b-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html"&gt;build a coherent rebel army&lt;/a&gt; that can defeat the regime of Bashar al-Assad, combat Islamic radicals and help build a stable new Syria. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader/2013/05/01/58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b66b063/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fobama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+bets+big+on+Syrian+rebel+leader" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fobama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+bets+big+on+Syrian+rebel+leader" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fobama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+bets+big+on+Syrian+rebel+leader" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fobama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+bets+big+on+Syrian+rebel+leader" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fobama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2F58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Obama+bets+big+on+Syrian+rebel+leader" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016899040/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b66b063/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016899040/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b66b063/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016899040/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b66b063/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 23:42:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-bets-big-on-syrian-rebel-leader/2013/05/01/58c18646-b2a5-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Frustrated by Obama’s caution on Syria</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b5dbfd8/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Esyrian0Erebels0Efrustrated0Eby0Eobamas0Ecaution0C20A130C0A40C30A0C51b39b0A0A0Eb1dd0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Gen. &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-what-path-now-for-syria/2013/02/12/69b233f2-754b-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html"&gt;Salim Idriss&lt;/a&gt;, the commander of rebel forces in Syria, complained late Tuesday that President Obama’s desire “to wait and wait for more evidence” that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons is encouraging their continued use — and that these attacks will only stop if the United States and its allies impose a no-fly zone. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution/2013/04/30/51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b5dbfd8/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Frustrated+by+Obama%E2%80%99s+caution+on+Syria" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Frustrated+by+Obama%E2%80%99s+caution+on+Syria" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Frustrated+by+Obama%E2%80%99s+caution+on+Syria" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Frustrated+by+Obama%E2%80%99s+caution+on+Syria" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2F51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Frustrated+by+Obama%E2%80%99s+caution+on+Syria" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016872430/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b5dbfd8/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016872430/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b5dbfd8/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016872430/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b5dbfd8/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-syrian-rebels-frustrated-by-obamas-caution/2013/04/30/51b39b00-b1dd-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>For Israel, tranquil days</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b39f396/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Efor0Eisrael0Etranquil0Edays0C20A130C0A40C260C21885bec0Eae8f0E11e20E8bf60Ee70Acb6ae0A66e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;TEL AVIV&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It’s a measure of the relatively quiet time for Israel these days that the sharpest argument at a big national security conference here was between an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who wanted “autonomy” for his fellow believers and secular Israelis in the audience who shouted out denunciations of what one called his “apartheid” plan.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days/2013/04/26/21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b39f396/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=For+Israel%2C+tranquil+days" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=For+Israel%2C+tranquil+days" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=For+Israel%2C+tranquil+days" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=For+Israel%2C+tranquil+days" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=For+Israel%2C+tranquil+days" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016636089/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b39f396/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016636089/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b39f396/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016636089/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b39f396/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:37:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-for-israel-tranquil-days/2013/04/26/21885bec-ae8f-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hard lessons in Keynesian economics</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b21db86/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Emervyn0Ekings0Ehard0Elessons0Ein0Ekeynesian0Eeconomics0C20A130C0A40C240Cc48229f20Eac2f0E11e20Eb6fd0Eba6f5f26d70Ae0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;John Maynard Keynes once said that words should be used aggressively, “for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.” That’s a starting point for an appreciation of &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Pages/people/biographies/king.aspx"&gt;Mervyn King&lt;/a&gt;, who will retire soon as governor of the Bank of England and who has displayed the quirky intellectual passion of Keynes himself. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics/2013/04/24/c48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2b21db86/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics%2F2013%2F04%2F24%2Fc48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Hard+lessons+in+Keynesian+economics" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics%2F2013%2F04%2F24%2Fc48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Hard+lessons+in+Keynesian+economics" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics%2F2013%2F04%2F24%2Fc48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Hard+lessons+in+Keynesian+economics" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics%2F2013%2F04%2F24%2Fc48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Hard+lessons+in+Keynesian+economics" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics%2F2013%2F04%2F24%2Fc48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Hard+lessons+in+Keynesian+economics" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016484213/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b21db86/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016484213/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b21db86/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016484213/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2b21db86/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">John Maynard Keynes</category><category domain="">International Monetary Fund</category><category domain="">banking system</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:52:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-mervyn-kings-hard-lessons-in-keynesian-economics/2013/04/24/c48229f2-ac2f-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Keeping Taliban fighters in Guantanamo hurts U.S. interests</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2aef4e4c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ekeeping0Etaliban0Ein0Eguantanamo0Ehurts0Eus0Einterests0C20A130C0A40C190C1112856e0Ea870A0E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;For an example of how the U.S. government can work at cross-purposes in dealing with terrorism, take a look at the failed effort to release Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. It shows how an incorrect analysis — that the Taliban and al-Qaeda pose the same threat — can lead to a cascade of bad policy that has undermined U.S. interests. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests/2013/04/19/1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2aef4e4c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Keeping+Taliban+fighters+in+Guantanamo+hurts+U.S.+interests" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Keeping+Taliban+fighters+in+Guantanamo+hurts+U.S.+interests" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Keeping+Taliban+fighters+in+Guantanamo+hurts+U.S.+interests" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Keeping+Taliban+fighters+in+Guantanamo+hurts+U.S.+interests" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Keeping+Taliban+fighters+in+Guantanamo+hurts+U.S.+interests" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016191958/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2aef4e4c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016191958/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2aef4e4c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016191958/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2aef4e4c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Marc Grossman</category><category domain="">Taliban</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:59:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-keeping-taliban-in-guantanamo-hurts-us-interests/2013/04/19/1112856e-a870-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>The limits of intelligence collection</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2acc9cb8/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Eboston0Eattack0Eappears0Eto0Ebe0Efrom0Eieds0Eprobably0Eby0Elone0Ewolf0C20A130C0A40C160C6740A111a0Ea6d40E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;“Nothing broken but my heart,” was the subject line on an e-mail from one of the Boston Marathon runners to his friends Monday night after the bombs had detonated near the finish line. And every American shared some of that trauma as a classic sporting ritual was turned into a scene of mayhem.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf/2013/04/16/6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2acc9cb8/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+intelligence+collection" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+intelligence+collection" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+intelligence+collection" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+intelligence+collection" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=The+limits+of+intelligence+collection" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323645285/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2acc9cb8/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323645285/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2acc9cb8/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323645285/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2acc9cb8/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">Al-Qaeda</category><category domain="">terror attack</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:44:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-boston-attack-appears-to-be-from-ieds-probably-by-lone-wolf/2013/04/16/6740111a-a6d4-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Kim’s dangerous game</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a9eb52f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ekim0Ejong0Euns0Edangerous0Egame0C20A130C0A40C110Ca618c52a0Ea2ed0E11e20E9c0A30E6952ff30A5f350Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;O&lt;/em&gt;ne unlikely benefit of the North Korea crisis is that the world may be getting fed up with the country’s pugnacious young leader, Kim Jong Un. In his belligerent talk of war, Kim appears to have crossed a line, upsetting traditional allies such as China and Russia as well as the United States and South Korea. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game/2013/04/11/a618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a9eb52f/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game%2F2013%2F04%2F11%2Fa618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Kim%E2%80%99s+dangerous+game" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game%2F2013%2F04%2F11%2Fa618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Kim%E2%80%99s+dangerous+game" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game%2F2013%2F04%2F11%2Fa618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Kim%E2%80%99s+dangerous+game" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game%2F2013%2F04%2F11%2Fa618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Kim%E2%80%99s+dangerous+game" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game%2F2013%2F04%2F11%2Fa618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Kim%E2%80%99s+dangerous+game" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323087062/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a9eb52f/kg/342/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323087062/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a9eb52f/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323087062/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a9eb52f/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Deng Xiaoping</category><category domain="">Twitter</category><category domain="">missile defense</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:20:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-kim-jong-uns-dangerous-game/2013/04/11/a618c52a-a2ed-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Margaret Thatcher’s revolution</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a7b8c18/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ethe0Erevolution0Eof0Emargaret0Ethatcher0C20A130C0A40C0A80C19e9b5880Ea0A8f0E11e20E9c0A30E6952ff30A5f350Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;People talk about transformational politicians. But watching Margaret Thatcher take down the British class system was an education in how it’s really done. It required the radical vision and iron will of someone who genuinely abhorred the status quo. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher/2013/04/08/19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a7b8c18/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Margaret+Thatcher%E2%80%99s+revolution" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Margaret+Thatcher%E2%80%99s+revolution" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Margaret+Thatcher%E2%80%99s+revolution" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Margaret+Thatcher%E2%80%99s+revolution" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2F19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=Margaret+Thatcher%E2%80%99s+revolution" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163066928350/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a7b8c18/kg/342-355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163066928350/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a7b8c18/kg/342-355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163066928350/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a7b8c18/kg/342-355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Margaret Thatcher</category><category domain="">labor union</category><category domain="">Undefined</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-revolution-of-margaret-thatcher/2013/04/08/19e9b588-a08f-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>America the war-weary and war-wary</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a6416e6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Eamerica0Ethe0Ewar0Eweary0Eand0Ewar0Ewary0C20A130C0A40C0A50C1628da660E9e170E11e20Ea9410Ea19bce7af7550Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;ISTANBUL&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Talking with members of Congress at a gathering here last week was an education in the public’s wariness of new foreign entanglements — &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/backing-up-obamas-warnings-to-syria-creates-tough-challenges-on-two-fronts/2013/03/24/95cd5570-9314-11e2-a31e-14700e2724e4_story.html"&gt;especially in Syria&lt;/a&gt;. It was a reminder that the post-Iraq era is only beginning, and that it may limit the United States’ ability to exercise power for the next few years. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary/2013/04/05/1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a6416e6/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=America+the+war-weary+and+war-wary" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=America+the+war-weary+and+war-wary" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=America+the+war-weary+and+war-wary" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=America+the+war-weary+and+war-wary" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius&amp;t=America+the+war-weary+and+war-wary" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991367406/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a6416e6/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991367406/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a6416e6/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991367406/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a6416e6/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">nuclear weapon</category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:59:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-america-the-war-weary-and-war-wary/2013/04/05/1628da66-9e17-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Sorting out the Syrian opposition</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a439868/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Esorting0Eout0Ethe0Erebel0Eforces0Ein0Esyria0C20A130C0A40C0A20Caaaa0A110A0E9bd30E11e20E9a790Eeb5280Ac81c630Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;ISTANBUL&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As the decisive battle for Damascus approaches, the array of Syrian opposition forces facing President Bashar al-Assad appears to share one common trait: Most of the major rebel groups have strong Islamic roots and backing from Muslim neighbors. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-sorting-out-the-rebel-forces-in-syria/2013/04/02/aaaa0110-9bd3-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a439868/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Sorting+out+the+Syrian+opposition&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-sorting-out-the-rebel-forces-in-syria%2F2013%2F04%2F02%2Faaaa0110-9bd3-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991209991/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a439868/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991209991/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a439868/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991209991/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a439868/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:38:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-sorting-out-the-rebel-forces-in-syria/2013/04/02/aaaa0110-9bd3-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Drawing down, but still projecting power</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a250ef2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Edrawing0Edown0Ebut0Estill0Eprojecting0Epower0C20A130C0A30C290C591ebe30A0E98950E11e20E814b0E0A63623d80Aa60A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idavid0Eignatius/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;TAMPA&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.socom.mil/default.aspx"&gt;emblem&lt;/a&gt; of the U.S. Special Operations Command pointedly illustrates its mission: It shows the tip of a spear. Now SOCOM is expanding this arsenal to create a global network that can project power even as America’s armies withdraw from the battlefields of the last decade. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-drawing-down-but-still-projecting-power/2013/03/29/591ebe30-9895-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636565/s/2a250ef2/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Drawing+down%2C+but+still+projecting+power&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-drawing-down-but-still-projecting-power%2F2013%2F03%2F29%2F591ebe30-9895-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_david-ignatius" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991039027/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a250ef2/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991039027/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a250ef2/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991039027/u/0/f/636565/c/34656/s/2a250ef2/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Navy Seals</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">significant changes</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:41:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-drawing-down-but-still-projecting-power/2013/03/29/591ebe30-9895-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wprss=rss_david-ignatius</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
