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" For many societies, the journey to modernity has been painful and costly. "

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" The courage of the Syrian protesters is remarkable, for they face prison, torture, or death every time they lift a banner. "

" Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948. "

" Turkey's solidarity with Hamas is not, of course, based on Arab nationalism, which as a non-Arab nation it does not support. It is instead based on a definition of the Mideast conflict as one between Jews and Muslims, precisely the position of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. "

" It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal - and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals. "

" At Camp David in 2000, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat 94 percent of the West Bank; ten years later, Ehud Olmert offered Abbas 93.6 percent with a one-to-one land swap. "

" On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East. "

" Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much time, effort, and money is spent to prevent reality from breaking through. "

" President Bush was disgusted by the Assad regime's oppression of the Syrian people as well as its support for terrorism, interference in Lebanon, and encouragement of jihadist attacks on Americans in Iraq. "

" The United States should encourage Israel to take further steps to improve the Palestinian economy. "

" The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in Lebanese internal affairs, on its support for Palestinian terrorist groups that oppose the Palestinian Authority, on, most importantly, acting as a land bridge between Iran and Hezbollah, where Hezbollah gets all its arms. "

" There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro. "

" President Obama has never summarized the Obama Doctrine with such clarity, but here is what it would look like: 'I will undertake any military attack against our enemies, regardless of the risks and collateral damage, so long as it is over by the time I have to announce it.' "

" You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas. "

" When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it. "

" In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end. "

" Immanuel Kant famously claimed that 'he who wills the ends wills the means,' but he never spent much time in Washington. "

" Obviously, every dictator pays a great deal of attention to who is running the army. There's always a base right outside the capitol to protect the head of government. "

" While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads. "

" Terrorism exploded after the Camp David talks broke down in 2000 because the Palestinians' leader at the time, Yasser Arafat, supported it. "

" The Pope is not a political figure. "

" Denmark has long been regarded as one of the world's most attractive nations, for citizens and tourists alike. My own visits there, years ago as a student, were delightful. "

" After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism. "

" There are no Muslim ghettos in the U.S. "

" The early reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush's administration thrown in for good measure. "

" A Palestinian state will never be created by terror. "

" Reagan did not wait out the Soviets; he beat them. "

" When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it. "

" It's not good for Israel to govern millions of Palestinians. "

" Cheney's memoir is not about 9/11, or solely about Bush's administration, but about his entire life and political career. "

" We use American influence with Israel not to promote economic growth in the West Bank, but to try and impede Jewish - never Arab - construction in the capital city. "