95 ordspråk av Michael O'Hanlon
Michael O'Hanlon
These numbers matter a lot, ... They matter in humanitarian terms. And they fuel the insurgency, because the perception and sometimes the reality is that we haven't done enough to protect innocent Iraqi lives.
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They know that ... many Serbs view them as a long-term enemy, and they certainly view the Serbs as a long-term enemy, ... So I think there's an uncertainty and a paranoia that's understandable and it's going to lead them not to want to disarm.
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They won partly because the incumbent is [governing] so badly, and partly because they were doing so well at providing social services, welfare benefits and so forth to individual Palestinians.
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They're trying to get on a common message, and it's basically coming through. But it took them a long time to get to this message.
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This has been hinted at before, but it's a big shift for them to be saying that publicly, ... It means they recognize that there is a cost to staying just as there is a benefit to staying. And this has not really been factored in as a central part of the strategy before.
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This has been hinted at before, but it's a big shift for them to be saying that publicly. It means they recognize that there is a cost to staying just as there is a benefit to staying. And this has not really been factored in as a central part of the strategy before.
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This is an administration that was trying to play hardball at every level, ... And that's what they were doing with Wilson. And he of course was playing hardball, too. It was an ugly back and forth.
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This is an administration that was trying to play hardball at every level. And that's what they were doing with Wilson. And he of course was playing hardball, too. It was an ugly back and forth.
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This is just the president making explicit what is policy and what some of his aides have been saying.
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This is one step short of firing upon us themselves with Russian equipment. It's actively aiding and abetting the enemy tactically. It's hard to get more unfriendly than that.
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This particular series confuses me about what it is trying to accomplish. It's been a bad winter in Iraq, but I also don't think he has enough new to say, and it's too soon after the fall speeches.
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This whole oil issue goes directly to one of the primary tensions in Iraq. It cannot remain unresolved.
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This will sort of reopen wounds that may have been partially closing in regard to the previous scandals.
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This winter is the first time I am generally discouraged about economic trends in Iraq.
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This winter is the first time I am generally discouraged about economic trends in Iraq. While there is some good news, for the first time there is no more good news than bad news.
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