Epstein Secrets

= David Gergen, Peggy Noonan, John Dickerson, and Norah O'Donnell, this week&rs=uo;s special guests included Senator Lindsey Graham on CBS, Senator John McCain on NB= and Representative Mike Rogers on ABC, to allow them to 'Monday Mo=ning Quarterback' the past week's political events and decisions. The prob

in Syria as meaning we're not ser=ous about their nuclear weapons program," he said. "We need to=get involved." And on Meet the Press, Senator John= McCain auguring that the United States should be arming the rebels, using airstrikes to att=ck Assad's forces and create a safe haven for refugees. What al

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re good and there is no clear long-term goals or strong local partners. Leaving Afghanistan in the hands of Karzai and Iraq with Chalabi, Allawi and Maliki has proven to be a disaster, and in Syria it could be eve= worse. A=though I applaud John McCain as a patriot, he is totally out of touch with real

ward Taft, Herbert Hoover and George H.W. Bush. Six others tried and lost: James Cox, Adlai Stevenson, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Al Gore and John McCain. Interestingly, even the three successful ones had only one term as president. A caveat: Beware of any grand pronouncements about the presidency b

st resounding drubbing (in the popular vote) in history. Some of the candidates had an easier time distancing themselves from unpopular presidents. McCain was clearly a rival and opponent of George W. Bush. Stevenson was very different from Harry Truman, but he was, in effect, asking for not a third t

owing a weakness that no doubt emboldened the Russian president to launch his aggression against Ukraine. The errant Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki, beset by a Sunni-al Qaeda insurgency, has been told, in effect, to seek succor from his Shiite co-religionists in Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of St

ng kit and technical assist=nce to the Iraqi government. He declined to say whether America should launch air strikes. Even the hawk's hawk, =enator John McCain of Arizona says that he does not want ground troops sen= back to Iraq, though he would like Mr Obama's national security team fi=ed. Senator Rand P

h air strikes. Even the hawk's hawk, =enator John McCain of Arizona says that he does not want ground tro

ld h=ve tried harder to extend the American presence. Moreover, they said=the president has not done enough to pressure Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al=Maliki to reconcile with the Sunni minority, and they said Mr. Obama's f=ilure to do more to help moderate rebels in next-door Syria has emboldened more r