Elliott Abrams

Sari Nusseibeh is a man without a country. ”

The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent. ”

In the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo is the daughter of Diosdado Macapagal - but his term ended in 1965, and she was elected in 2001. Hardly a hand-off. ”

People are entitled to believe the government is constantly lying to them, but it isn't. ”

Obama isn't good off the cuff, especially when challenged; he is far better with a prepared speech. ”

You can do a no-fly zone without ground forces. ”

The mishandling of the would-be airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab's visa is only the latest piece of evidence that the granting of visas should be taken away from the State Department. For the granting of visas - especially today, when terrorism is such a complex threat - is far closer to being a law-enforcement function. ”

If a Jewish group sat down with a Christian conservative group, and there was a so-called Messianic Jew at the table, that would be the end of the meeting. ”

For many societies, the journey to modernity has been painful and costly. ”

There's been an Israeli position, which is 'We love Mubarak,' that permeates their whole society, the political class. That certainly differs from many of us in the pro-Israel camp in the United States. ”