October FDH Lounge News Nuggets

By Rick Morris

We’re adapting a segment that we have used on our show repeatedly in order to try to highlight some of the more intriguing news headlines going today.  We have also posted links here for geopolitical headlines in the past and we’ll work this into this theme.  Much like The FDH Lounge itself, we’ll try to keep it broad-based as far as what is catching our eye.

^ From the Eurasia Group, the top risks in the world in 2012.

^ From The American Conservative, how sequestration is actually the path to necessary Pentagon reform.

^ From The Diplomat, how Hezbollah will spread chaos in the wake of an Israeli attack on Iran.

^ From the UK Telegraph, how David Cameron is winning in the battle for Scottish independence.

^ From The Economist, the tragedy of Dodd-Frank.

^ From Foreign Policy, North Korea rebuffs the US on nukes at a secret meeting in China.

^ From Foreign Policy, six myths about the bin Laden raid.

^ From In From the Cold, how the administration knew the Benghazi details much sooner than they have admitted.

^ From the Long War Journal, surprise, Pakistan is still not going to do anything about the Taliban in North Waziristan.

^ From Stratfor, how the United States is moving more towards realism in dealing with global challenges.