I agree - it is however unfortunate it is a setting of the forum software that EA would need to have changed.
Remembering to right click - or the alternative of not closing the external page tab - is something I forget frequently.
Even if you remember to right click that then still leaves another click to get to the external page. Doing it directly via the forum software would be much, much better. As stated already, i believe it is a setting EA would need to change and it would be across all of their forums. I'm not sure they'd want to do this, although it would benefit everyone not just those playing C&C and then using these forums.