Must Reads!!

• China expected to resist Geithner on pressuring Iran
• Assad blames Syrian uprising on “foreign planning”
• Weiss: What it will take to intervene in Syria
• Rubio: US must stand against Ortega’s power grab
• GsGf: Is the new Defense Guidance reckless?
• North Korea announces special prisoner release
• Suu Kyi to run for seat in Burma’s parliament
• Wings Over Iraq: Daily World Brief
• Zelikow: Obama’s rebalancing is conservative, not declinist
• Pentagon tries to counter cheap but potent weapons
• Asian navies build larger ships while Western navies downsize