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" Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it. "
Elliott Abrams
Pay
Congress
Attention
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" The Erdogan government's first major step outside of the U.S. alliance was during the Bush Administration, when it wouldn't let Washington use Turkey as a launching ground for U.S. troops entering Iraq in 2003. "
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" Henry M. Jackson, congressman and senator from 1941 until his death in 1983, achieved far greater renown than most legislators, ran for president in 1972 and 1976, and was for much of the 1970s and 1980s one of the most powerful men in America. "
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" While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray. "
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Free
" I never said I had no idea about most of the things you said I said I had no idea about. "
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Most
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" I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution. "
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" Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day. "
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" The Obama administration appears to regard intelligence leaks and briefings more or less like briefings by the Democratic National Committee or White House flack Jay Carney. You use any information at hand, classified or not, and you spin it any way you like, fairly or not. "
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" Evangelicals too often fall short in their actual teachings about Judaism. "
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Short
Judaism
" In public, an admission of technological inadequacy would be too embarrassing. "
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Admission
Technological
" The Pope is not a political figure. "
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Figure
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" The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments. "
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More
Elections
False
" The Right is simply more pro-Israel than the Left. "
Elliott Abrams
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Than
Left
" I think President Obama views Israel as a problem that needs to be solved. "
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Israel
Views
" Huge numbers of embassy cables are labeled 'unclassified' or 'limited official use' and deal with mundane matters. "
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Deal
Matters
Mundane
" While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads. "
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Fall
Loyalty
Fear
" 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. "
Elliott Abrams
Always
Family
Power
" Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or installing their sons after them. "
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Stealing
Real
Money
" Terrorism exploded after the Camp David talks broke down in 2000 because the Palestinians' leader at the time, Yasser Arafat, supported it. "
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Down
Leader
Terrorism
" China has concluded that trade trumps all. "
Elliott Abrams
Trade
Concluded
China
" The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise. "
Elliott Abrams
Presence
Syria
Surprise
" 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. "
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Violence
Terrorism
Hope
" It was simply impossible to support Carter for reelection in 1980 and easy for me to support Reagan. The Reagan campaign was happy to have Democratic support, and the Reagan administration was happy to have Democrats in it; they took the view that, after all, Reagan himself had been a Democrat, so it was not a strike against you. "
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Impossible
Happy
View
" Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security. "
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Sense
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" If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, its influence and that of Hamas and Hezbollah are strengthened. "
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Nuclear
Influence
" Terrorists that kill Americans don't get released. "
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" The good Jew is ritually observant and resists assimilation, in some sense living apart, never fitting comfortably into American or any other society. "
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American
Never
" The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai. "
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Fighting
Government
" Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together. "
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Together
Problem
" 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. "
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Together
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