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On UNSC resolution 2334, Kerry Blasts Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu — (December 2016)
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Regrettably, some seem to believe that the US friendship means the US must accept any policy regardless all our interests, our own words, our own position, our own principles, even after urging again and again that the policy must change... Friends need to tell each other the hard truth and friendships require mutual respect.

— John Kerry

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Regrettably, some seem to believe that the US friendship means the US must accept any policy regardless all our interests, our own words, our own position, our own principles, even after urging again and again that the policy must change... Friends need to tell each other the hard truth and friendships require mutual respect." in the context of "On UNSC resolution 2334, Kerry Blasts Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu — (December 2016)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Kerry

About John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is a politician, former Massachusetts Senator, Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2004, son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary Isabel Forbes, husband of Teresa Heinz Kerry. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the 68th United States Secretary of State.