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" What Israel wants is peace with - and the acknowledgment of - all the Arab countries. "
Elliott Abrams
Israel
Wants
Countries
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" 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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" The Middle East that Obama inherited in 2009 was largely at peace, for the surge in Iraq had beaten down the al Qaeda-linked groups. U.S. relations with traditional allies in the Gulf, Jordan, Israel and Egypt were very good. Iran was contained, its Revolutionary Guard forces at home. "
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" Gadhafi has established no national institutions, not even allowing a fake parliament of the Mubarak or Ben Ali variety that could perhaps be turned into something real. "
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" The Iron Dome is great for the U.S. "
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Iron
Great
" Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims. "
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" Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together. "
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" If you say to the White House, 'Obama has been very unfriendly to Israel,' they say, 'What do you mean? It's the best military-to-military relationship ever.' And that part is true. "
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Best
You
" It is a keen measure of the fall of American influence in the region when a Palestinian leader responds to intense American pressure to go to the negotiating table by waiting to see if Arab League foreign ministers will let him take that step. "
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Step
Leader
Waiting
" What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation. "
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Picture
Situation
Giving
" 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
" While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left. "
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Democracy
Power
" The Egyptian military plays positive and negative roles in Egypt, but the most significant single thing it did under Mubarak was to guarantee an Islamist victory once he left the scene. "
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Positive
Negative
Victory
" During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner. "
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Egypt
Rights
Human Rights
" 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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Influence
Government
Support
" Tunisia is small - just ten million, no great natural resources. "
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Great
Just
Small
" Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic. "
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Caribbean
More
Republic
" 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
" Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us. "
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American
Moral
World
" Pessimism is rife in Israel. "
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Rife
Pessimism
Israel
" If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really weaken that sense of identity if you celebrate two religions. "
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Identity
Child
Celebrate
" The Iranians don't want the same thing we do in Iraq, not really; they want to control Iraq... the Ayatollah hates the United States; the Iranians are enemies of the United States. "
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United
Want
Same
" In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules. "
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Speech
Religion
Rules
" 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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Intelligence
You
Information
" I think President Obama views Israel as a problem that needs to be solved. "
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Israel
Views
" If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, its influence and that of Hamas and Hezbollah are strengthened. "
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Iran
Nuclear
Influence
" There are no Muslim ghettos in the U.S. "
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Muslim