The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it. Elliott Abrams More Quotes by Elliott Abrams More Quotes From Elliott Abrams In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as a kind of private letter having no binding policy impact. Elliott Abrams americanpolicyimpactpresident Sometimes the results of a first free election will find the moderates so poorly organized that extreme groups can eke out a victory, as Hamas did when it gained a 44-to-41 percent margin in the Palestinian election of 2006. Elliott Abrams freeelectionvictorysometimes Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human rights. Its slow reaction in June 2009 to the stealing of the election in Iran and the birth of the 'Green Movement' there, and its delay in backing the rebellions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria, are evidence of this problem. Elliott Abrams neverelectiongreenproblem
