Elliott Abrams Quotes - Page 2

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

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  Office, President, Middle East

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

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  Terrorism, Palestinian

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• Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.

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  Strong, Kings, Thinking

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• 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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  Effort, Administration, Maintaining

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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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  Land, Egypt, Yemen

  "Opinion: The Thanks of a Grateful Nation" by Joel D. Hirst, www.foxnews.com. May 2, 2011.

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• 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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  Military, Blood, Economic Sanctions

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• The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of historic events such as the continuing demonstrations against Iran's regime, it stuck devotedly to prior plans.

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  Iran, Years, Faces

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• The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid.

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  Agency, United States, Flow

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• Pessimism is rife in Israel.

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  Israel, Pessimism

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• Today's status symbol is the Palm Pilot; tomorrow's is not having one, because you have a whole staff keeping track of you. It's like a winter coat in Washington: The ultimate status symbol isn't cashmere, it's no coat at all on the snowiest day of the year - because that means you have a car and driver waiting for you, so why do you need a coat?

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  Mean, Winter, Years

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• For the entire first term, Obama and his people blamed Bush for everything - which is another way of saying they felt Bush and the Bush years were the inescapable reference point for everything they were themselves doing.

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  Years, People, Way

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• 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.

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  Community, Killing, Ends

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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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  Rights, Egypt, Democracy

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• Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier.

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  Country, Kings, Moving

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• 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.

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  Issues, Iran, Land

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• Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

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  Population, Syria

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

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  Ghetto

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• Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

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  Israel, Dependent, Security

  "The Future of an Illusion". www.weeklystandard.com. April 05, 2010.

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• Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

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  Past, Middle East, Administration

  "The Future of an Illusion". www.weeklystandard.com. April 05, 2010.

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• 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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  Rights, Two, Support

  "Obama’s Human Rights Disaster". Interview with Jamie Glazov, archive.frontpagemag.com. August 25, 2009.

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• The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.

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  Egypt, Anchors, Long

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• Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

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  Iran, Barrels, Millions

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• Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.

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  Christian, Needs, Attention

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• Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

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  Sanctions, Form, Collective Security

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

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  Effort, United States, Should

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