Obamas foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront. Elliott Abrams More Quotes by Elliott Abrams More Quotes From Elliott Abrams 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. Elliott Abrams maintaining administration effort 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. Elliott Abrams kings country moving 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 iran issues land Moammar Gaddafi, who has called himself the 'Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,' should go down in history with the Emperor Bokassa and Idi Amin as a grotesque reminder of why people have the right to change their government. Elliott Abrams government people firsts The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just as repeatedly merit and receive punishment. Elliott Abrams merit punishment stories 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. Elliott Abrams iran faces years 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? Elliott Abrams winter mean years The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid. Elliott Abrams united-states agency flow Pessimism is rife in Israel. Elliott Abrams pessimism israel Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme. Elliott Abrams bananas republic poverty 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. Elliott Abrams people way years 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. Elliott Abrams community killing ends During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner. Elliott Abrams egypt democracy rights While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads. Elliott Abrams community loyalty fall There is no way around the contradictions and dangers inherent in Israel's decision to free over 1,000 prisoners in order to liberate Gilad Shalit. Elliott Abrams israel decision order Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require. Elliott Abrams analyzing gaps used I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats. Elliott Abrams queens mother teacher It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal - and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals. Elliott Abrams administration goal rights Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure. Elliott Abrams dubai cracks government 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 country world
