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" In public, an admission of technological inadequacy would be too embarrassing. "

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" The accession to power in Pyongyang of Kim Jong Un, son of Kim Jong Il and grandson of Kim Il Sung, is a unique achievement in world politics. "

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

" In the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo is the daughter of Diosdado Macapagal - but his term ended in 1965, and she was elected in 2001. Hardly a hand-off. "

" The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO. "

" Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands. "

" You can do a no-fly zone without ground forces. "

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

" We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism. "

" The Assad regime is quite reliant on oil exports. "

" There is no softer target in GOP primaries than the United Nations and foreign-aid spending. "

" I think President Obama views Israel as a problem that needs to be solved. "

" Egypt needs law and order in Sinai to save the tourist industry in Sharm el-Sheik and prevent the area from becoming a base for terrorists that will target Egypt itself, as well as Jordan and Israel. "

" Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits. "

" Why are diplomatic cables secret at all? "

" Fatah is a political party and movement, whose chairman is Mahmoud Abbas. "

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" The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise. "

" Four years is a long time in politics. "

" In 2007, early in the improbable presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, the young first-term senator began a series of foreign-policy speeches that seemed too general to provide a guide to what he might do if elected. "

" 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.' "

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

" On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest the theft of their presidential election in June 2009, President Obama was silent for 11 days. "

" The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises. "

" Palestine, as Icelanders see it, includes the Western Wall of the Second Temple, Judaism's holiest site. "

" The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor. "

" The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint. "

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

" Mass killing has very clearly not been eliminated, nor has the 'international community' developed a response that will avert it or bring it to a quick end. "

" Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II. "

" The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. "

" 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. "