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“העובדה שטראמפ נטש את ההסכם ולא הציג שום אלטרנטיבה דיפלומטית היא החלטה גרועה... החלטתו של טראמפ לא רק שהביאה את איראן להאצת פרויקט הגרעין שלה, אלא גם הביאה לסיכון משמעותי הרבה יותר של ישראל, שבעקבות ההחלטה הועמדה במרכז החזית מול איראן.”
“כולם מבינים שכרגע שני הצדדים רחוקים מלהסכים על משהו, אבל ביידן יפעל, לכל הפחות, על מנת להחזיר את ההידברות בין שני הצדדים.”
“איראן עם נשק גרעיני, או על סף רכישת יכולת כזאת בתוך זמן קצר, תהיה מסוכנת... יש לנו אחריות לעשות בדחיפות כל מה שאנחנו יכולים כדי למנוע ממנה להשיג או לייצר נשק או להתקרב ליכולת לפרוץ לשם בהתראה קצרה.”
“Chomsky's characterization of the United States as a 'propaganda' state like all the rest - distinguishable only by its more effective and seductive salesmanship - is particularly hard to swallow.”
“I think China knows that in the early stages of Covid, it didn't do what it needed to do, which was to, in real time, give access to international experts, in real time to share information, in real time to provide real transparency.”
“When we're in the business of picking fights with our allies instead of working with them, that takes away from our strength in dealing with China.”
“We need to take actually concrete actions to make sure, for example, that none of our companies are providing China with things that they can use to repress populations, including the Uyghur population. But we also have to make sure that we are dealing with all of our interests.”
“I don't think anyone in the 1990s, the late '90s, anticipated that the Putin they knew then would become the Putin we know now.”
“We have a serious commitment to Taiwan being able to defend itself.”
“As the personal trajectories of Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi diverge, so too does the focus of their leadership. While Mr. Trump is obsessed with building walls, Mr. Xi is busy building bridges.”
“While the United States has often taken the wrong path, it has rarely failed to demonstrate - at least in the long run - the courage to reverse its steps.”
“Mr. Putin seems to be playing on every chessboard, from what Russia calls its 'near abroad' to the Middle East, from Europe to America.”
“A president is entitled to advisers of his choosing, who reflect his worldview.”
“As Vietnam increasingly opens its doors, it will reap the rewards of progress for its people.”
“Mr. Putin's primary goal in the 2016 elections was to delegitimize our institutions and pit Americans against each other.”
“The Revolutionary Guard Corps is the official protector of Iran's revolution, with 100,000 troops divided into air, naval and ground divisions. It plays a large role in Iran's economy. Its international paramilitary arm, the Quds Force, is Tehran's main vehicle for supporting Shiite proxy forces.”
“Every day at the State Department, we tackle issues at the intersection of foreign policy and science and technology.”
“The Iran nuclear deal, the so-called JCPOA, was very effective in cutting off all of the pathways that Iran then had to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon. And we know that that agreement was working.”
“The late 1990s were really a moment of still tremendous hope and optimism about the relationship between Russia and the United States.”
“Whether we like it or not, we don't choose Saudi Arabia's leaders. They do.”