Charles Krauthammer
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Collapse of the Cairo DoctrineSep 25, 2012 5:00 am - In the week following Sept. 11 this year, something big happened: the collapse of the Cairo Doctrine, the centerpiece of President Obama’s foreign policy. It was to rese...
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The abandonment of IsraelSep 14, 2012 11:41 am - There are two positions one can take regarding the Iranian nuclear program: (a) it doesn’t matter, we can deter them, or (b) it does matter, we must stop them. In my vi...
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The empathy gapSep 10, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Given the state of the economy, by any historical standard, Barack Obama should be 15 points behind Mitt Romney. Why is he tied? The empathy gap. On “caring...
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The ‘deterrence works’ fantasySep 03, 2012 5:00 am - There are few foreign-policy positions more silly than the assertion without context that “deterrence works.” It is like saying air power works. Well, it worked for Koso...
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The Cordesman criteriaAug 27, 2012 5:00 am - Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. What’s alarming is...
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Romney’s present, Ryan’s futureAug 21, 2012 5:00 am - Vice presidential picks are always judged by their effect on the coming election. They rarely have any. This time could be different. The Democrats’ Mediscare barrage i...
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The case against re-electionAug 10, 2012 1:48 pm - There are two ways to run against Barack Obama: stewardship or ideology. You can run against his record or you can run against his ideas. The stewardship case is pretty...
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Romney’s excellent tripAug 06, 2012 5:00 am - At the outset of his recent foreign trip, Mitt Romney committed a gaffe. In answer to a question about the Olympics, he expressed skepticism about London’s preparations....
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Busted: Mr. Pfeiffer and the White House BlogAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - Shortly after 9/11, President George W. Bush received from Prime Minister Tony Blair a bust of Winston Churchill as an expression of British-American solidarity. Bush ga...
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Romney -- not innocents -- abroadJul 29, 2012 5:00 am - A generation ago, it was the three I’s. A presidential challenger’s obligatory foreign trip meant Ireland, Italy and Israel. Mitt Romney’s itinerary is slightly differen...