Israel, Iran and Wal-Mart: Wednesday's Page

Today’s thoughtful opinion pieces:

Max Boot:Israel Should Hit Syria First
A preemptive-war policy keeps the enemy from fighting on its own terms.

Erin Aubry Kaplan: Ambassador Young's Wal-Mart Mistake
Before Civil Rights icon Andrew Young disparaged Jewish, Korean and Arab grocers, he made a bigger error: Taking a job at Wal-Mart.

A. Yasmine Rassam: Iran Hostage Crisis, Take 2
If the U.S. backs down in Iraq, Tehran's mullahs will move in and take the Middle East captive.

Noah Zatz: Re-Reforming Welfare
Ten years later, get-tough work rules get the credit for slashing welfare rolls. But incentives are the untold success story

Editorials

Democrats' Shameful Wal-Mart Demonization
Presidential hopefuls only hurt themselves when pandering to unions by bashing the country's largest employer.

A Congo Comeback
Despite violence, a presidential election offers tenuous hope that democracy has a chance in the ravaged nation.

Airbrushing Cartoon History
Today, Tom and Jerry lose their smokes. Tomorrow, Bogart and Bette Davis?