“The Saudis and Emiratis blame all of this on Iran. I think they’d have to grant, that as has been said, that the Houthis are an internally generated movement in Yemen and the Saudis were supposed to be dealing with the Houthis, who started out in essence along their border. So one of the things that we’re seeing is a complete failure of Saudi policy toward Yemen over the past 10 years, but the Saudis totally believe that the reason the Houthis are able to succeed militarily is the amount of money, advice, and guns they are receiving from Iran.” ThinkingYearsBelieveHas BeensSaidReasonAblePastSeeingAdvicePolicyMovementAmountSucceedGunEssenceBlameSupposed To BeBordersIranGrantsReceivingOver The PastSaudisYemen Author:Elliott Abrams
“The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.” HardRealityAmericaHousePoliticsCommunityWhiteCommonPolicyBlameUnityCongressIdeologyWhite HouseFree SpeechDisdainPartisanship Author:Claire McCaskill
“[The immigrant] becomes a kind of insurance policy against the effects of the recession. By blaming him, the pressure valve is regulated in times of crisis ... What we have now is a public mindset of us versus them, and an overall anti-immigrant climate that is both troubling and morally reprehensible.” KindEffectsPolicyPressureCrisisBlameClimateMindsetImmigrantsVersusRecessionsTimes Of CrisisValveInsurance Policy Author:Andrew Lam
“Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, except a one-time lob of a cruise missile into the desert at a camp that had long been abandoned. George Bush inherited that, and 9-11 was the result of that. Every president inherits problems. Harry Truman inherited a war. Stop blaming the person before you and go forward and take leadership and deal with the problem.” LongWarProblemDifficultPresidentPolicyBlameThreatTerrorismIslamicAbandonedForeign PolicyCruiseTruman Author:Dan Coats
“The fact that there could be an ISIS West Bank, the fact that the Palestinian government in Gaza doesn't even acknowledge Israel's right to exist, the fact of constant terror, delegitimization campaigns in the Palestinian schools, these are all much bigger facts. And for the Barack Obama administration to focus on this one fact, almost, not to the expense, but to diminish some of the others which are much more important, is to cast all the blame on Israel and to take the U.N. policy toward Israel, which has been longstanding, and sort of surrender to it.” ImportantSchoolFocusPolicyBlameTerrorSurrenderBarackAcknowledgePalestinianGaza Author:David Brooks
“A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power. But Putin - I don't know about women, but it looks like he definitely likes money quite a bit. He's painted himself into a corner; he has committed so many sins and crimes, he has no choice but to hold on to power. No matter how he leaves, his policies will definitely be condemned as bad and wrong, and everything will be blamed on him, just as he now blames Yeltsin. It could be done by someone who, at this moment, is professing boundless love for Putin.” RealDoneMomentsChoicesSinCrimePolicyBlameCommittedDictator Author:Vladimir Voinovich
“Bernie Sanders is a disappointment on foreign policy, totally doesn't think about it. But he has the possibility to be more isolationist, which would be good for us actually. We manage to kill several million people on this planet without taking any credit for it or blame. It's a heavy karma we have.” PeopleThinkingPolicyPossibilityBlameDisappointmentBe GoodKarmaManageForeign Policy Author:Oliver Stone
“It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.” PeopleNaturalPolicyBlameDisasterKoreanDeprivationKimNatural DisasterNorth Korean Author:John Bolton
“Policies are also to blame: the only thing that the governments and people can come up with to give to the poor people is charity. Poor people get hand outs from the state. But this is not a solution to poverty.” PeopleGivingStatesHandsGovernmentPoorPovertyPolicySolutionsBlameCharityCome UpPoor PeopleSolutions To Poverty Author:Muhammad Yunus
“The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day conditions and to extol the blessings of socialism. They have never attempted to prove their fallacious dogmas, all they did was to call their adversaries names and cast suspicion upon their motives. And, unfortunately, the average citizen cannot see through these stratagems. The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.” PhilosophyGovernmentPoliticalNamesConditionsPolicyCitizensBlessingProveCapitalismEconomicsBlameAverageCastsDrivenTricksSocialismMotiveLiarsProgressiveDogmaSuspicionSupporterAdversariesPresent DayStratagem Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Anticipating attacks, I should like to emphasize that I do not subscribe to the myths propagated by enemies of Israel and I am not blaming Jews for anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism predates the birth of Israel. Neither Israel's policies nor the critics of those policies should be held responsible for anti-Semitism. At the same time, I do believe that attitudes toward Israel are influenced by Israel's policies, and attitudes toward the Jewish community are influenced by the pro-Israel lobby's success in suppressing divergent views.” ShouldBelieveCommunityViewsAttitudeEnemyPolicyBirthResponsibleBlameCriticsJewIsraelMythDivergentAnti SemitismSuppressingJewish Community Author:George Soros
“My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers. Man is born to protect his family, his children, his wife. But I want you to know that apart from armaments, I have written three books in which I try to educate our youth to show respect for their families, for old people, for history.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWorldWantTryingWellsChildrenBookCountryShowsUsedThreeBornKnownWifeWrittenPolicyYouthProtectAimBlameFaultsBordersDesignerEducateI Want YouWell KnownOld PeopleArmamentMotherlandShow RespectKalashnikov Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov