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==On Arab Spring==
==On Arab Spring==
“Our paramount moral and strategic interest in Egypt is real democracy in which power does not devolve to those who believe in one man, one vote, one time” (a derogatory slogan that originated with apologists for South African apartheid—e.g., Thomas Sowell, Chicago Tribune, 8/17/85) (2/4/2011) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020305173.html]
 
“Why aren't we organizing, training and arming the Syrian rebels in their sanctuaries in Turkey? Nothing unilateral here. Saudi Arabia is already planning to do so." (4/28/2011) [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/charles-krauthammer-while-syria-burns-obama-fiddles-with-a-feckless-response-633438/]
 
 
"Arab Spring is a misnomer. This is an Islamist ascendancy, likely to dominate Arab politics for a generation." (7/12/2012) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-islamist-ascendancy/2012/07/12/gJQArj9PgW_story.html]

Revision as of 10:29, 13 November 2012

On the Iraq War

"The only people who think this wasn't a victory are Upper Westside liberals, and a few people here in Washington." (Charles Krauthammer, Inside Washington, WUSA-TV, 4/19/03)

On Arab Spring

“Why aren't we organizing, training and arming the Syrian rebels in their sanctuaries in Turkey? Nothing unilateral here. Saudi Arabia is already planning to do so." (4/28/2011) [1]


"Arab Spring is a misnomer. This is an Islamist ascendancy, likely to dominate Arab politics for a generation." (7/12/2012) [2]