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Wakeup call for us and we say, whoa, youre right. We want to be the country that we have long been with want to be the country that sets the right International Norms elm want to be the country setting the example that other people should follow that will make the world better. We need to get out there. We need to be saying to other states, yeah, we are going to be in this in between war and peace land forever where threats wont look like uniformed military personnel. So how do we collectively come up with some kind of International Rules and institutions that both recognize that those threats are real but dont throw human rights and the rule of law out the window in order to respond . Let figure this out. Its going to be hard. Let figure it out. I dont know which path well go down. W hope its the latter path. Host so, rosa, you are writing this book at a time when were about to transition administrations. People will be coming to youve, if they vest already, some shy go into governmen
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