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" Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require. "
Elliott Abrams
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" During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner. "
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" I don't think a Palestinian state is going to be created at a conference table; it will be created on the ground in the West Bank, and some day, a peace conference will ratify that which has been built on the ground. "
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" The Sandinistas are a tough bunch of guys, with a fabulous amount of Soviet Bloc equipment and Soviet Bloc advisers. "
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" You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas. "
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Christmas
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" The United States needs to be far clearer: we cannot and will not support any government where Hamas has a real influence and the security forces stop fighting terror. "
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Government
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" I just don't understand how Kerry or Obama or anybody else thought Assad was going to change. "
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" 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. "
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Great
Head
Government
" When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it. "
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Go
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" Evangelicals too often fall short in their actual teachings about Judaism. "
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Short
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" 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. "
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Own
Student
Years
" Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day. "
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Day
Million
" Israel will not and should not leave until it is clear that the West Bank can be policed by Palestinians and that the region will not be a source of terrorism against Israel, as Gaza and South Lebanon became when Israel left there. "
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West
Terrorism
Left
" Reagan did not wait out the Soviets; he beat them. "
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Beat
Wait
He
" 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. "
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Elected
His
Philippines
" I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution. "
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Communist
Guy
First
" When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it. "
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Protect
United States
United
" A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy. "
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Nation
Great
Diplomacy
" The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it. "
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Ahead
Way
State
" You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution. "
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Action
Looking
See
" It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability. "
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Long
Time
Realism
" As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt. "
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America
Words
Peace
" I would have thought that if you're going to try to punish the Syrians and prevent them from using chemical weapons again, the thing to do is a one-time strike. Maybe a cruise missile strike at one or two of their air bases just so they know what they're going to gain from using chemical weapons on the battlefield. "
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Two
You
Try
" In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as a kind of private letter having no binding policy impact. "
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Impact
American
Kind
" The Obama administration has vastly expanded the use of armed drones and concentrated a great deal of diplomatic effort on building and maintaining alliances that share information about terrorists, provide access to get near them, and then strike against them. "
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Building
Great
Effort
" I don't see kids with Palm Pilots. They are not common on college campuses, except among professors. Gen Xers don't need them. They are a phenomenon of the 50-something who can't remember if his broker's number ends in 1137 or 3317. "
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College
See
Kids
" 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. "
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Land
Bank
Leader