Financial Times Comment 6/20

Comment & Analysis Monday June 20 2011

Financial Times - Comment

America flirts with a fate like Japan’s

The issue is not so much when the US will return to full employment but what ‘full employment’ will mean by the time it does, writes Clive Crook http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/7AVUQ1/5C0ZLF/26T4SE/M9ID72/ID/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=20

Against the odds, the euro will scrape through

Partial debt forgiveness, a eurozone bond and a small fiscal union would end the crisis. We are not there yet, writes Wolfgang Münchau http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/7AVUQ1/5C0ZLF/26T4SE/ZBLUSX/ID/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=20

British generals must stop their moaning

The question remains: is Nato bringing freedom to an oppressed people or backing the weaker side in a civil war? writes Max Hastings http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/7AVUQ1/5C0ZLF/26T4SE/V13FI4/ID/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=20

Palestinians deserve Obama’s support in September

Israelis have used our division in the past as an excuse not to negotiate. That excuse no longer exists, writes Saeb Erekat http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/7AVUQ1/5C0ZLF/26T4SE/9ZV0T3/ID/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=20

Obama wise to resist opening reserve oil taps

If the SPR is already being used for short-term political convenience, then that last-ditch safeguard would be gone, writes Ed Crooks http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/7AVUQ1/5C0ZLF/26T4SE/A72CHU/ID/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=20