The following are editorial opinions from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.

The Natchez Mississippi Democrat

on frustration with the government

Frustration and a feeling of helplessness can drive a person to do unconventional, even out-of-character things. The same can be said for large groups and crowds. A seemingly law-abiding crowd can turn into criminal mob in a heartbeat. The growing level of frustration many Americans have with the federal government seems to be on a collision course.

From the TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) movement to the angry protests over health care mandates, America seems more divided than any time in recent history ...

The frustration has grown so intense that a group in Oklahoma is mulling the idea of forming a volunteer militia to defend against federal infringements on state sovereignty.

While Constitutionally allowed, it's pretty scary stuff. We don't like the federal mandates on health care, and we're not fans of what we anticipate to be an ever-growing federal government that appears on track to bury this country in debt. But raising arms in a show of force against the federal government? That's dangerous talk, almost sure to incite the violent radicals on both sides of the argument. Americans need to seek common ground and seek change through the normal political process. Not through force.

The New Hampshire Union-Leader,

on dealing with terrorist threats

This nation and much of the Western world are in a war, not against a generic "terrorism" but against a particular and brutal strain of Islamic extremism that wants to do as much damage as possible to our freedoms and way of life. George W. Bush was wrong to call this the "War on Terror." But he was right to focus on it as he did in the aftermath of the murderous and cowardly Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America by Islamic extremists. President Barack Obama is right to continue the fight, including working with Muslim countries to root out and kill the enemy. But the Obama plan to be more politically correct by formally adopting a security policy that ignores "militant Islamic radicalism" is itself ignorant of the real situation ...

Muslim nations that profess to be our friends and to practice the peaceful tenets of their faith should not take offence that we make clear who is our enemy. They should themselves renounce the extremists that give their religion a bad name. Obama might want to do a little more work on that objective rather than ignore the bad guys.