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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Who lost Iraq? The Iraqis did, with an assist from George W. Bush — It is becoming increasingly likely that Iraq has reached a turning point. The forces hostile to the government have grown stronger, better equipped and more organized. And having now secured arms …
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The Week, National Review and News Desk
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Reihan Salam / Slate:
We Never Should Have Left Iraq — A U.S. military presence could have mollified Sunnis and prevented the new civil war. — The United States made a grave mistake by invading Iraq in 2003. Yet it also made a grave mistake by withdrawing its military forces in 2011.
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New York Times:
Prime Minister Maliki Panics as Insurgents Gain — What's happening in Iraq is a disaster and it is astonishing that the Iraqis and the Americans, who have been sharing intelligence, seem to have been caught flat-footed by the speed of the insurgent victories and the army defections.
Daily Mail:
ABU DUA: IMPRISONED BY THE US, THE MAN WHO HATES THE WEST MORE THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN AND IS THE DRIVING FORCE BY ISIS … Marauding ISIS militia beheading their way to Baghdad: How jihadist group so extreme even al-Qaeda has distanced itself threatens to take Iraq three years after America left
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Washington Post, The Federalist, CANNONFIRE, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Riehl World News, Wall Street Journal, TalkLeft and Belmont Club
Shane Harris / Foreign Policy:
Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies — First Crimea, now Iraq. Why does America's $50 billion intelligence community keep getting taken by surprise? — GOOGLE +
New York Times:
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Issues Call to Arms — BAGHDAD — Iraq's senior Shiite leaders issued an urgent call to arms on Friday, telling all able-bodied Iraqis to assist the government's fight against the Sunni militants who have seized broad stretches of Iraqi territory, in a sign …
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Gawker and Outside the Beltway
Leslie H. Gelb / The Daily Beast:
Iraq Is Vietnam 2.0 And U.S. Drones Won't Solve The Problem
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New York Times, National Review and Washington Post
New York Times:
U.S. Scrambles to Help Iraq Fight Off Militants as Baghdad Is Threatened
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Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
How effective is Isis compared with the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga?
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Firedoglake, The Dish and Vox
Economist:
Two Arab countries fall apart
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Firedoglake, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Belmont Club and TheBlaze.com
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
The absurdity of electing Kevin McCarthy to replace Eric Cantor as House majority leader — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2014 ELECTIONS ERIC CANTOR KEVIN MCCARTHY DAVE BRAT — If House Republicans respond to the shocking primary defeat of Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va. …
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New York Times:
David Brat and Jack Trammell show unease in the spotlight — ASHLAND, Va. — Before the two professors became overnight political rivals in one of the most improbable, high-profile races in memory, they knew each other best as basketball teammates. — David Brat, the economics professor …
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Taegan Goddard's … and Washington Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Odds With Congress: Bad to Worse
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Anarchy in the GOP: The End of Authority in the Republican Party
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New York Times, Liberal Values, Prairie Weather, The American Conservative and NY Daily News
David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
When Will Republican Leaders Fight Back?
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The Moderate Voice and Washington Monthly
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton's Gay-Marriage Problem — Until 2013, she held a position that lots of Democratic voters now regard as deeply wrongheaded. Some even insist that it is hateful and bigoted. — Hillary Clinton didn't refrain from supporting same-sex marriage for political reasons-prior to last year …
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Chris Christie / CNN:
Chris Christie, Jimmy Fallon dance around testy issues — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie bust a move on late night TV. — And the New Jersey Republican danced with “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon around testy issues such as the George Washington Bridge controversy …
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Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Popularity Drops to 52% as 2016 Edge Shrinks — Hillary Clinton's popularity continues to slide as she takes on a more political posture and Republicans raise questions about the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya on her watch. — Fifty-two percent of Americans view …
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Hot Air and Weekly Standard
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth — The continuing slowness of economic growth in high-income economies has prompted soul-searching among economists. They have looked to weak demand, rising inequality, Chinese competition, over-regulation, inadequate infrastructure …
Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Bergdahl Explains in Prison Letters Why He Vanished — In a pair of letters, the captured U.S. soldier asks his government to reserve judgment about his disappearance—and complains about the officers leading his unit in Afghanistan. — Writing from a Taliban “prison,” …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Bowe Bergdahl hearing, Chuck Hagel hedges the tough questions
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Power Line and Conservatives4Palin
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Our ‘Dead Broke’ Leaders — In the largest turnout in a congressional primary in the history of Virginia politics, the voters of the Commonwealth's 7th Congressional District last Tuesday decisively chose not to renominate their seven-term representative, now serving as House majority leader …
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