" ... While outside forces may attempt to blast open the entrance, only Iranian leadership, unity and sacrifice can pave the way through it."

"But the most consequential battle for Iran’s future will be fought not between Iran and the outside world, but among Iranians themselves. That struggle is only beginning. Iran’s dynamic, modern population shows there is a light at the end of the tunnel ..."

Of course that should say Strasbourg!

... What’s much worse is that top Trump administration officials put our troops in jeopardy by sharing military plans on a commercial messaging app and unwittingly invited a journalist into the chat. That’s dangerous. And it’s just dumb."

"It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. We’re all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don’t actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws. But we knew that already ...

"Of course, the Bay of Pigs and the Vietnam War were very different situations from what we’re facing today. The common denominator is that America is facing a true crisis that calls for more than paint-by-numbers leadership."

"noting that “not one member of the Kennedy team quit in protest over the Bay of Pigs fiasco,” nor “did the moral issues of the Vietnam War drive any of the Johnson cabinet” to quit in public protest."

"“The strength of the tradition of loyalty and of keeping one’s conscience on a short leash becomes most evident during great public crises,” Thomas Franck and Edward Weisband wrote in 1974 for The Times in an article about the meaning of protest resignations, ..."

"So far, Mr. Schumer is digging in, and it’s understandable; too often in our history, leaders cling to power even after it’s clear their time is past or they’ve become ineffective."