Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abramsis a former American diplomat, lawyer and political scientist who served in foreign policy positions for U.S. Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Abrams was convicted for withholding information from Congress about the Iran-Contra affair while serving for Reagan, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth24 January 1948
CountryUnited States of America
needs obama views
I think President Obama views Israel as a problem that needs to be solved.
allies conduct foreign himself nations needs states strangely united
Obama's 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.
actively funding groups gulf joint meet needs review serious states undertake united
The United States and its Gulf allies, some of who are actively funding rebel groups in Syria, should undertake a serious joint review of Jordan's needs and then act together to meet them.
cannot far fighting forces government hamas influence needs security states stop support united
The United States needs to be far clearer: we cannot and will not support any government where Hamas has a real influence and the security forces stop fighting terror.
tyrants needs united-states
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.
self needs allies
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.
area base becoming industry jordan needs prevent save target terrorists tourist
Egypt needs law and order in Sinai to save the tourist industry in Sharm el-Sheik and prevent the area from becoming a base for terrorists that will target Egypt itself, as well as Jordan and Israel.
easily experience helpful jews religious
You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution.
broke camp david exploded supported talks time
Terrorism exploded after the Camp David talks broke down in 2000 because the Palestinians' leader at the time, Yasser Arafat, supported it.
anyone arab bomb developing familiar iran meets nuclear privately weapons
The Arab view that someone should bomb Iran and stop it from developing nuclear weapons is familiar to anyone who meets privately with Arab leaders, especially in the Gulf.
courts jordan legitimate stolen
The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments.
regime
The Assad regime is quite reliant on oil exports.
regain regime
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.
care european europeans harmful israelis market moral sanctions
While Israelis do not care too much about Europeans moral judgments, the E.U. is an important market for them, and European sanctions of any kind would be harmful to Israel.