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Whatever the merits of the decision -- it is yet unclear if intervening in Libya, or even fence-sitting in Egypt will pay off in the end -- it can certainly be couched in terms of realpolitik, much the same way that emphasizing democracy promotion after 9/11 was framed as a national security imperative.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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Whatever the merits of the decision -- it is yet unclear if intervening in Libya, or even fence-sitting in Egypt will pay off in the end -- it can certainly be couched in terms of realpolitik, much the same way that emphasizing democracy promotion after 9/11 was framed as a national security imperative.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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This not only complicates the process of sifting insurgents from noncombatants but increases the difficulty of selectively applying rewards and punishment among the fence-sitting population.
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Whatever the merits of the decision -- it is yet unclear if intervening in Libya, or even fence-sitting in Egypt will pay off in the end -- it can certainly be couched in terms of realpolitik, much the same way that emphasizing democracy promotion after 9/11 was framed as a national security imperative.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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They have some traits in common, but I think Tundra is far less prone to the transparent fence-sitting that b-cup has made an art form.
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I would argue that that level of confidence is not to the degree where they're supporting insurgent groups anymore, but that they're essentially fence-sitting, that they're sitting on the fence trying to see which way this is going to play out.
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But Republicans speculated that the retirement could prompt other fence-sitting Democrats to take the same path.
Frank Won't Seek Re-Election Janet Hook 2011
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Having Norwegian lefties reminding fence-sitting Americans that Obama makes Europeans swoon will probably be as effective as encouraging readers of The Guardian to write condescending letters to voters in Ohio, informing them that most people who pay a television license and subscribe to The New Statesman think George W. Bush is a mentally retarded Nazi.
Although the Nobel thing has pretty much crested by now… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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I would argue that that level of confidence is not to the degree where they're supporting insurgent groups anymore, but that they're essentially fence-sitting, that they're sitting on the fence trying to see which way this is going to play out.
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They have some traits in common, but I think Tundra is far less prone to the transparent fence-sitting that b-cup has made an art form.
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