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  1. The Right Coast

    Charles Krauthammer: Obama s pathetic response to Putin – The Washington Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    After Obama s Russian reset, missile-defense retreat and Syria comedown, Putin had already developed an undisguised disdain for his U.S. counterpart. Yet even he must have been amazed by this…

  2. International Law Prof Blog

    U.S. House Hearings on Afghanistan, State Department, and Taiwan

    By InternationalLaw Blogger

    The House Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing on recent developments in Afghanistan on March 13, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2118…

  3. The Right Coast

    Obama wobbles again on Israel | The Detroit News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    When all else fails, blame the Jews.That tired but true formula surfaced again in Washington last week, as President Barack Obama, his foreign policy in shambles, sought to regain credibility…

  4. The Right Coast

    And The Person Who Foresaw It All Is… | Zero Hedge

    By Thomas A. Smith

    As CBS recounts, in October 2008, after Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia emerged as a foreign policy flashpoint in the homestretch of a heated campaign, Palin told an audience in…

  5. The Right Coast

    Putin’s Press Conference on Ukraine Proved Merkel Right: He’s Nuts | New Republic

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told Mr. Obama by telephone on Sunday that after speaking with Mr. Putin she was not sure he was in touch with reality, people briefed…

  6. The Right Coast

    Putin Invades Crimea: Obama Hardest Hit? – The American Interest

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Behind the scenes, we are told, the White House spin machine is telling friendly reporters (of which there are many, though perhaps not so many as in 2009) that, in…

  7. The Right Coast

    Obama to Israel — Time Is Running Out – Bloomberg View

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Obama was blunter about Israel s future than I've ever heard him. His language was striking, but of a piece with observations made in recent months by his secretary of…

  8. The Right Coast

    In Ukraine, Obama’s Biggest Test – NationalJournal.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Barack Obama suddenly faces the toughest crisis of his presidency as he confronts Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, and how he responds over the next few days could define his legacy.…

  9. The Right Coast

    Nicholas Eberstadt: Time for the ‘Never Agains’ on North Korea – WSJ.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    There is nowhere for North Korea's apologists to hide now. The 200,000-word, nearly 400-page report released Monday by the "commission of inquiry" for the United Nations Human Rights Council, led…

  10. The Right Coast

    Lone Survivor and Insufferable Anti-American Self-Righteousness | National Review Online

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Let s talk reality: When the film shows jihadists storming into a village and lopping off a man s head, it understates their atrocities. I don t know what has…