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The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to place political speech beyond the government's control, and we can be glad that it did. Bradley A. Smith
Wisdom Government Political Decision First Disclose Control Citizens Glad First Amendment Beyond Supreme Sought Court Testament Amendment Political Speech Did Place Act United Speech
But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks. Brent Scowcroft
Evidence Scant Attacks Saddam Tie Terrorist Organizations Sept Less Even
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression. Brent Scowcroft
Goals Saddam Traditional His Familiar Dictatorial Aggression Aggressor
To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him. Brent Scowcroft
Best People Situation Took Sum Our Bet Hussein Counsel Take Saddam Saddam Hussein Since Know Him Deal Nor Iraq Up Did Internal Who Position
First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict. Brent Scowcroft
Conflict First Think Negotiations Collapse About Between First Of All Concerned Israelis Deeply Palestinians Saudi
You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently. Brent Scowcroft
You People Think Intolerable Ways Know React Because Going Different Little Should Different People Different Ways Differently Things
Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not. Brent Scowcroft
Enemy Our Ally Israel Yes Palestinians
Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. Brent Scowcroft
Democracy Result Will Holding Consist Lead Saddam Since Democratic Traditions Iraq Same Lacks Just Elections Necessarily
I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory. Brent Scowcroft
Today Time Memory Other States More Isolated Than Any Afraid United United States
My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process. Brent Scowcroft
Terrorism Peace Fighting Our Followed Point Highest Highest Priority Saddam Removing Concern Priority Been Process Should Peace Process Palestinian Number
The Iraqi elections were an important first step. Brent Scowcroft
First Important Step First Step Were Iraqi Elections
Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all. Brent Scowcroft
Country Believe Mindset Prevent Stuck Developing Saddam New Still Era Iraq Trying Them Who Many Belongs
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security. Brent Scowcroft
Government Security Provide Iraqis Establishing Them Help Need
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together. Brent Scowcroft
Work Together Progress States Possible Only Allies Work Together United United States
So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature. Brent Scowcroft
Nature Changes President Mainly Term Been His Rhetorical Far Second Second Term
The fact that the Arctic, more than any other populated region of the world, requires the collaboration of so many disciplines and points of view to be understood at all, is a benefit rather than a burden. Bruce Jackson
World Burden Other Benefit Collaboration Rather Arctic More Fact Points Disciplines Understood Than Any Region Requires View Many
Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in the world of media. Bruce Jackson
Technology Book World Changed Else Everything Everything Else Way Works Media Publishing
What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen. Bruce Jackson
Seen Other Worthy More Perhaps Dead How However Than Note Many Recent
The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small thing that stands for a much larger thing. Reporters on the ground, embedded or otherwise, can tell us about or send us pictures of what happened in that place at that time among those people. Bruce Jackson
Time Daily People Giving Otherwise Immediate Press Those Tell Embedded Superb About Small Small Thing Pictures Reporters Send Happened Place Us Much Ground Stands Media Larger Among Thing
They say the death of a parent puts you in time because that means there's now no generation standing between you and ordinary death: you're next. I don't buy it. Bruce Jackson
Death Buy Time You Generation Say Parent Puts Between Because Ordinary Next Means Standing They Say Now
America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. Bruce Jackson
Long Prison Heterosexuality Only Longest West Condition Cure America Sentences
All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light. Bruce Jackson
Best Light Own Military Possible Put Forces Motives Governments Decisions Means Used Wars Military Forces Actions Disposal
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification. Bruce Jackson
Passion Animals Too Cornered Though Academic Territory Departments Often Justification Far Far Less Less Defend
Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are. Bruce Jackson
Books Delivery Days Within Often Manuscript Stands Now
Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless. Bruce Jackson
Our Television Both Were Iraq Bloodless American American Television Wars Largely
Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility. Bruce Jackson
Films Possibility Inverted Documentary Declining Created
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