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  1. The Right Coast

    Abdication has a price – The Washington Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Yes, it is true that there was no al-Qaeda in Iraq when George W. Bush took office. But it is equally true that there was essentially no al-Qaeda in Iraq…

  2. The Right Coast

    European countries are selling arms to Russia while condemning it over Ukraine – The Washington Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    MOSCOW The French are sending Russia advanced helicopter carriers. Germans built it a high-tech military training facility. Italians have been shipping armored vehicles. Deep into a crisis in which Russia…

  3. The Right Coast

    Rand Paul s Iraq Stance Is a Mystery – Yahoo News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    If Rand Paul were commander in chief today, what would he do about the Iraq? The Kentucky senator s foreign policy on the rapidly deteriorating country is still up in…

  4. The Right Coast

    Say, the Obama White House is looking particularly Nixonian these days, huh? « Hot Air

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The foreign-policy crises and failure may not resonate with many Americans who feel distanced from those experiences. That cannot be said for the IRS, the ubiquitous presence that worries all…

  5. The Right Coast

    Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney: The Collapsing Obama Doctrine – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many. Too many times to count, Mr. Obama has told us he is "ending"…

  6. The Right Coast

    Has Obama “Lost” Iraq? | The National Interest

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Obama is no Eisenhower.via nationalinterest.orgBattling against the chattering class to credit O with mediocre leadership.

  7. The Right Coast

    John McCain on Iraq: U.S. pays heavy price – Jonathan Topaz – POLITICO.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Sen. John McCain continued his blistering attack on President Barack Obama s handling of Iraq on Friday, again calling for his entire national security team to be replaced and saying…

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    On Iraq, It Is Amazing What This White House Does Not Know | TIME

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Yet none of that, grim as it is, is the worst news in the papers today. The worst news about Iraq comes from Washington, where we learn in the pages…

  9. The Right Coast

    White House Bergdahl Mess | RealClearPolitics

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The president made the final call, then proceeded to a discrediting error. Obama chose to tell a simple moral story: the return of a hero. But the real Bergdahl story…

  10. The Right Coast

    Charles Krauthammer: Who made the pivot to Asia? Putin. – The Washington Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Their 1972 strategic coup fundamentally turned the geopolitical tables on Moscow. Putin has now turned the same tables on us. China and Russia together represent the core of a new…