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Stephen Wertheim
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America in the world, past and present. Senior Fellow @CarnegieEndow. Lecturer @YaleLawSch. Historian and author @TomoTheWorld. Views my own.
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Joined June 2009
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Mar 5
    In @nytopinion, @Rob_Malley and I write: For all its Trumpian characteristics, this war is the logical conclusion of how the United States has long dealt with Iran. For decades, presidents have depicted the Islamic Republic not just as a pernicious presence in the Middle East
    Opinion | Of Course Trump Bombed Iran (Gift Article)
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Jul 1, 2025
    Year 67 of the embargo. No doubt this will be the year it finally works.
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    Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez
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    Jun 30, 2025
    🚨 Today’s Cuba policy hits the regime where it hurts most: travel and dollars. We must cut off the regime’s oxygen. No more lifelines. No more cash flows. No more excuses. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/20…
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Nov 7, 2020
    In my estimation, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping incident is the most hilarious thing ever to happen in human history — so hilarious that we are unable to comprehend it right now. In three days, we will all just break out in laughter for 12 hours straight.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Nov 9, 2022
    If any Democrats still think it makes sense to fruitlessly embargo the island of Cuba into submission until the end of time, in order to gain an insufficient number of votes in a red state, could you please explain why?
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Dec 12, 2023
    As a Jew in America, I resent the implication that Jews in America are unsafe and that they must rely upon a foreign government, rather than their own, to make them safe.
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    Melissa Weiss
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    Dec 12, 2023
    “Were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world that is safe,” Biden says at the White House Hanukkah party as he reaffirms support for Israel against its war against Hamas.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Jun 17, 2025
    Israel attacked Iran because it feared diplomacy might work. A nuclear deal could lead Iran to be integrated into a new Middle East and allow the United States to pull back from the region. The outcome that would most benefit America is the outcome Israel acted to prevent.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Jun 21, 2019
    "I'll never apologize for the United States of America, ever. I don't care what the facts are." — Vice President George H.W. Bush in 1988, after the United States shot down an Iranian passenger airplane, Iran Air 655, killing all 290 civilians on board.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Apr 7, 2021
    As I revisit the George W. Bush administration for a piece, I can only marvel at how, in the Trump years, some people managed to claim that Bush was some kind of upholder of a “rules-based international order.”
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Dec 4, 2024
    Praising Yoon rather than Parliament and the people? Forget about being on the right side of history: this is not even the right side of the past 24 hours.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Nov 12, 2023
    Jake Sullivan on State of the Union this morning: Israel has to abide by the rules of war. Q: Is Israel abiding by the rules of war? I'm not going to judge whether Israel is abiding by the rules of war.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Jul 10, 2022
    Biden: “Next week, I will be the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without U.S. troops engaged in a combat mission there.” Hard to see how this is not misleading, unless he is removing U.S. troops from Iraq, Syria, and Yemen within days. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Feb 20, 2020
    They did it: a presidential debate in the most powerful country in the world that didn't mention foreign policy.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Feb 20, 2020
    NBC debate moderators: foreign policy does not exist
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Feb 23, 2023
    The whole world knows this isn’t true.
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    Stephen Wertheim
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    Sep 2, 2020
    It's a danger to democracy that presidents are not prosecuted while in office but can be prosecuted out of office. To incentivize the peaceful transfer of power, the norm should be consistent in both phases — and better for presidents to be prosecutable all the time.