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Elliott Abrams
American
Lawyer
Born:
Jan 24
,
1948
Been
People
Politics
Will
World
You
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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.
Elliott Abrams
You
Celebrate
Sense
Weaken
Religions
Identity
Child
Trying
Then
Create
Really
Raise
Jew
Two
Jewish
You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas.
Elliott Abrams
Christmas
You
Celebrate
Judaism
Practicing
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.
Elliott Abrams
Change
Oppose
Syria
Variety
Support
Between
Most
Arms
Terrorist
Importantly
Issues
Lebanese
Affairs
Ultimate
Ultimate Goal
Goal
Iran
Authority
Gets
Behaviour
Where
Land
Interference
Acting
Internal
Internal Affairs
Bridge
Groups
Palestinian
If you said to people you can cast a secret ballot on whether to turn back the clock and have Morsi in power again, I don't think very many people in Washington would turn back that clock.
Elliott Abrams
You
People
Power
Think
Back
Secret
Would
Cast
Said
Ballot
Clock
Very
Whether
Again
Turn
Many
Washington
Terrorists that kill Americans don't get released.
Elliott Abrams
Released
Terrorists
Get
American
Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.
Elliott Abrams
War
World
Country
Nation
Starts
Relatively
Libya
New
Concept
Period
Modern
After
Really
World War
World War II
Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.
Elliott Abrams
Together
Problem
Face
Obama
Both
Iran
Going
Realize
It is a natural goal of Iran to try and expel the Fifth Fleet from Bahrain.
Elliott Abrams
Natural
Try
Bahrain
Goal
Iran
Expel
Fifth
Fleet
The Assad regime is quite reliant on oil exports.
Elliott Abrams
Quite
Oil
Regime
Exports
You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution.
Elliott Abrams
You
Experience
Looking
Action
Jews
Easily
Would
Would-Be
Religious
See
Persecution
Get
Helpful
Why
The Pope is not a political figure.
Elliott Abrams
Political
Figure
Pope
Senator Kerry was fooled by Bashar al-Assad.
Elliott Abrams
Fooled
Senator
Kerry
At Guantanamo Bay, we could create a West Berlin, a free small city within the Communist nation that could trade freely with the U.S. and elect its own officials.
Elliott Abrams
Free
Nation
Own
Berlin
Bay
City
Small
Could
Freely
Within
Trade
West
Officials
Elect
Create
Communist
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay
If a Jewish group sat down with a Christian conservative group, and there was a so-called Messianic Jew at the table, that would be the end of the meeting.
Elliott Abrams
Conservative
Down
Group
Christian
Meeting
Would
Would-Be
Table
End
So-Called
Sat
Jew
Jewish
The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.
Elliott Abrams
Politics
Religion
World
Crossroads
Been
Bloody
Often
World Politics
Intersection
I well remember a leading Egyptian liberal saying to me in 2003 that she did not favor free elections right then in Egypt; she favored them in a decade's time if she and others had those 10 years to organize freely.
Elliott Abrams
Saying
Time
Me
Remember
Free
Others
Liberal
Those
Favor
Favored
Had
Leading
Freely
She
Well
Years
Decade
Did
Egypt
Egyptian
Them
Then
Elections
Organize
Right
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.
Elliott Abrams
Time
Together
Pressure
NATO
Down
Military
States
Arab
Security
Security Council
Diplomatic
Economic
Attacks
Could
Council
Never
League
Always
How
How Much
How Much Time
Question
Blood
African
Whether
Sanctions
Much
Union
Using
United
United States
Bring
Damage
Evangelicals too often fall short in their actual teachings about Judaism.
Elliott Abrams
Fall
Too
About
Judaism
Often
Short
Teachings
Evangelicals
Actual
You can do a no-fly zone without ground forces.
Elliott Abrams
You
Forces
Without
Ground
Zone
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.
Elliott Abrams
You
Try
Thought
Air
Strike
Punish
Battlefield
One Or Two
Would
Weapons
Prevent
Cruise
Missile
Know
Chemical
Going
Maybe
Just
Gain
Again
Them
Using
Bases
Thing
Two
After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.
Elliott Abrams
Terrorism
See
Context
Did
After
Palestinian
During the election campaign of 2000, it was generally thought that then-governor Bush didn't know much about foreign policy or national security affairs, and that Colin Powell would lead on that front, while the president's main concern would be domestic.
Elliott Abrams
Election
Thought
National
President
Colin
Colin Powell
Security
Would
Would-Be
About
Main
Generally
Lead
Know
Concern
Policy
Foreign
Affairs
Foreign Policy
Campaign
Domestic
National Security
Front
While
Bush
Much
Never fight turf on turf. Fight it on the basis of ideas.
Elliott Abrams
Fight
Never
Ideas
Turf
Basis
The Sandinistas are dedicated Communists, and if they are going to make a compromise with democracy, it's going to be under pressure.
Elliott Abrams
Democracy
Pressure
Compromise
Make
Going
Communists
Dedicated
When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it.
Elliott Abrams
You
Out
Policy
Go
Controversial
Defend
People are entitled to believe the government is constantly lying to them, but it isn't.
Elliott Abrams
Government
People
Entitled
Believe
Lying
Constantly
Them
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