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ulate in Benghazi. It is difficult to imagine how a settlement freeze on the West Bank would stabilize Libya. 8. The proliferation, from Somalia to Yemen to Syria to Pakistan, of al- Qaeda-affiliated and -inspired groups. Settlements have not "contributed significantly" to persistent al-Qaeda activity

herhood's Mohamed Mursi triggered by settlements. 7. Libya's descent into gangsterism and chaos. The civil war that led to the ouster and death of Muammar Qaddafi was not caused by settlements. Nor was the fatal attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. It is difficult to imagine how a settlement freeze o

h this is that the changing nature of the conflicts in which the U.S. must prevail are increasing as less intensive campaigns like those underway in Yemen will require the country to maintain an array of different capabilities for these conflicts (which are not included in the standard as it refers to

tional security policy. The Iraq debacle tarnished the Republican brand and Obama ordered the missions that killed Osama bin Laden and, indirectly, Muammar Qaddafi showed that he shoots to kill. As such, Team Romney is alternately ignoring the topic altogether -- for example, he didn't even mention the ongoing

ed course lest it be isolated vis-à-vis NATO and regionally. Moscow's maneuvers betray weakness despite its public posturing. Its advice to Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Central Asia to institute moderate reforms was utterly disregarded yet it upholds these regimes even though they depend, as Syria's For

mple, Russia simultaneously published atrocity stories about NATO's conduct EFTA_R1_02033718 EFTA02691545 32 while seeking to persuade NATO and Muammar Qaddafi that it can be a reliable mediator in this operation. Such maneuvers represent the acme of tactical flexibility that Moscow prides itself on posses

e world and they need us. Fine, but relentlessly keep the pressure on them to improve their rule. Had we begun this process with Abdullah Saleh of Yemen in 1978 or with Mubarak in 1981, things could have been very different by 2011. But we didn't. TB: Egypt might be the test case. EFTA00683502 DP

Washington, like an embarrassing relative. In North Africa, the US EFTA00683486 military has taken a back seat while the work of toppling Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and driving back the jihadists in Mali has been left to Franco-British forces. Syrian policy is one of drift, where the administration finds all op