What the President’s Riyadh Speech Got Right, and What It Overlooked
Where does terrorism come from, anyway?
May 23, 2017
Where does terrorism come from, anyway?
Donald Trump’s speech in the Saudi capital on Sunday was expected to be a definitive statement on the problem of Islamist terror and American relations with the Muslim world more broadly. While finding much to praise in the address, Elliott Abrams also finds much lacking:
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Dismissing long-held fallacies about the region.
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