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Dennis Ross
American
Diplomat
Born:
Nov 26
,
1948
Become
Diplomacy
War
World
Would
You
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Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.
Dennis Ross
Diplomacy
Alignment
Objectives
Successful
Means
It has been an honor to work in the Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.
Dennis Ross
Work
Government
Time
Change
Wife
Honor
President
Broader
East
Has-Been
Promise
Promised
Obama
Administration
Obama Administration
Would
Unprecedented
Only
Both
Particularly
Period
Obviously
Return
Still
Been
Years
Middle
Middle East
Act
Agreed
Serve
Two
Israel was seen as having demonstrated unmistakably it wanted peace, and the reason it wasn't available, achievable was because Arafat wouldn't accept it.
Dennis Ross
Peace
Achieve
Seen
Arafat
Having
Accept
Because
Israel
Wanted
Available
Reason
There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act.
Dennis Ross
You
Big
Consequences
Act
You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.
Dennis Ross
War
You
Conflict
Communication
Hair
Too
Local
Strike
High
Trigger
Triggers
Having
Potential
Through
Simply
Between
Countries
Sort
Israelis
Iranians
Afford
Any
Where
Act
Nuclear
Nuclear War
Second
If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.
Dennis Ross
Today
Win
Reflection
Election
Party
Minister
Weakness
Weaknesses
Would
Netanyahu
Percent
Prime
Prime Minister
Also
Were
His
Labor
Current
Poll
Polls
Enduring
Standing
Who
Stands
Recent
Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong.
Dennis Ross
World
Strong
Political
Will
Rest
Become
Military
Otherwise
Toward
Force
Israel
Iran
Quite
Impulse
Stop
Establishment
Want
Happen
Then
Act
Use
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