Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
ABDULLAH IIMany will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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I’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I’m easily entertained.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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