Pakistan

(Without his shell, McCain is simply a nut that needs to be cracked, picked apart and exposed)

"All things considered, and even bearing in mind the validity of these objections, the release of 198 Palestinian prisoners associated with the PLO and PA is an important step toward rationalizing Israel's approach to releasing of terrorist prisoners: as a tool for peace rather than as a feature of warfare."

"The attempt by Israeli leaders and, unfortunately, some Palestinians to portray this release as a political achievement by the Palestinian leadership is pathetically misguided. President Abbas, as a political leader, is expected by his public to solve the political problem and end the occupation as a way to bring to an end the whole phenomenon of Palestinian imprisonment. He is not expected to get bogged down is minor prisoner releases."

"Some Iraqi Americans spoke of the horror they experienced seeing the devastation of their country and its growing political fragmentation. They expressed their desire for an American withdrawal while at the same time noting their fears of what the future might hold for Iraq. And some Palestinians noted that eight years of neglect had resulted in a Middle East where, despite the consensus on the two-state solution, such a solution is now more difficult to achieve than ever."

"Over the past four decades, Israel has declared nearly two-thirds of the West Bank as “state land”, seizing it on a variety of pretexts and transferring much of it to the jurisdiction of settler councils. According to the figures of the Israeli group Peace Now, the settlers are in direct control of more than 40 per cent of the West Bank."

"The only people who stand a chance of getting excited about the Obama/Biden ticket are the Republicans, because they now see a clear pathway to victory. They see that voters will surely choose a real Republican ticket over a counterfeit Republican ticket. All they have to do is be themselves and the obvious will be manifest on election day."

"Simply put: all these agreements are empty words, and only one thing is practical and immediate: the settlements will be ceaselessly expanded."

"Our commitment to a democratic system must be unrelenting. The sanctity of the Constitution and of the system is paramount..."