The Audacity to Perservere

if you create a problem yourself in order to later partially solve it — can that really still be considered a success?

This was not the moment for defensiveness or rhetoric. We must remember that diplomacy is not submission — it is strategy.

From an American viewpoint, Gaza is a nuisance and perhaps something that can be worked around in the broader campaign against Hamas.

[At] least a few Republicans are actually objecting to the president’s overreach. They won’t rein him in, though.

The US needs a partner that commands respect in the region. Saudi Arabia fits that role.