But as George Tenet, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has argued, an intelligence director with only general supervisory powers could weaken co-ordination not strengthen it.
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Keeping all of our troops tied down indefinitely in Iraq is not the way to weaken Iran it is precisely what has strengthened it.
If the US were willing to understand the clear lessons from its Cold War experience in the Middle East, it would not be pushing Israel to weaken itself still further through land giveaways to Iran's Palestinian proxies.
Not only does this message weaken America's allies, it emboldens the likes of Iran and Syria and the Muslim Brotherhood who are increasingly convinced that the US will not stand by its allies in a pinch.
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It is natural to want to punish cruel regimes, but excessive punishment can not only breed resentment but also strengthen those it is meant to weaken.
We believe that opening it up to same-sex couples will strengthen, not weaken, the institution.
This should not be seen as a call to weaken protection of the U.S., but it is a suggestion that having troops around the world defending all manner of regions and countries does not make us stronger or safer.
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Not only would this push out financial actors assumptions of when tightening would take place, it would also weaken the feedback loop in which better than expected data is presumed to cause the tightening to occur earlier.
It is hard not to reach the conclusion that the announcement was deliberately released at this juncture to weaken US public support for Israel.
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So too did criticism that it has not done enough to spur the economy, which has inspired Japanese politicians to suggest legislation to weaken the central bank's independence.
It is not certain whether we have recognized the fact that the Bolivarian Alliance and their allies aspire to weaken and eventually defeat their American neighbor to the North.
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