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Indeed, al-Nusra currently dominates a coalition called Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which comprises 64 factions, some more moderate than others.
Unfortunately, Syria’s moderate Sunnis came under attack from two sides: Assad’s government and extremist adherents of Wahhabism, Islam’s most intolerant school of thought.
But a new kind of leader – moderate, intellectually humble, and prone to gradualism – has been in ascendance since the 1990s.
His legacy sheds light on what moderate leaders in Latin America must do if they are to succeed.
When I asked people, during my visits to Buenos Aires, why Argentina persisted in this economic folly, a single answer came back: "Yes, when Brazil went off its peg, its inflation remained moderate; but Brazil is Brazil, and we are Argentina."
Nevertheless, in Gaza’s political milieu, Hamas is a moderate Islamic group that opposes al-Qaeda-style extremism.
But modern does not mean moderate.
The moderate Republican Party of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Rockefellers has been taken over by a radical crowd, with even Eisenhower’s granddaughter now openly backing Obama.
And, indeed, Islamist parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood, are engaged in legitimate political activities in several countries – activities that have often driven them to moderate their views.
Muammar el-Qaddafi’s murderous stance during the uprising has revealed his true colors, regardless of his more moderate posture in recent years.
One ray of hope is that moderate Arab leaders, including Egypt's foreign minister, have openly blamed Hamas for the current Gazan predicament.
But, after the election in February, Israel’s next leader must face the moderate Arab challenge.
If such a scenario materializes, Israel’s next government will be more moderate than the current one.
China might, indeed, have an interest in some border areas with fertile soil and moderate climate.
That outcome would run counter to British public opinion, which remains moderate on the question of fully breaking with the EU.
For example, even if global energy and food prices increase at a more moderate rate than now – for example, 20% per year – and get reflected in domestic prices, bringing the overall inflation rate to, say, 3% would require markedly falling prices elsewhere.
But while supporting the new Iraqi government, Russia should not break off contacts, if they still exist, with moderate members of the Baath party, many of whom may come back to power.
As a result, the government has had to tread carefully, providing only moderate dollops of stimulus to the economy as needed.
Policy interventions that seem moderate in the moment could turn out to have been excessive.
For Zakaria, America had to support a moderate leader like General Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, despite the fact that he had not come to power through an election.
I have known Hasina for nearly 50 years, and I have had many opportunities to appreciate not only her nobility of spirit but also her deep and abiding attachment to a moderate and enlightened Islam that fully respects the rights of man – and of women.
Looking ahead, even with the more moderate growth rates projected for the future, China’s GDP will grow more rapidly than that of the US or Europe.
Significantly, the six Justices in the majority in the Virginia and Texas cases also constituted the majority in the Guantanamo Bay case: the four dissenters from Bush v. Gore plus Ronald Reagan's two relatively moderate appointees, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy.
As the parties prepare to meet in Geneva for the second round of United Nations-sponsored peace talks, the government has launched vicious barrel-bomb attacks on Aleppo and other cities; more moderate Islamist rebel groups, including the Free Syrian Army, are openly at war with Al Qaeda affiliates; and Al Qaeda-linked groups are now fighting among themselves.
But if he is willing to contemplate using force against Al Qaeda without international authorization in the future, why not use drones now to strengthen the moderate Syrian opposition and force Assad into serious negotiations?
This should not be impossible, because both Saudi Arabia and Yemen have moderate, indigenous Islamic traditions that can be mobilized against jihadism.
The Left's rank and file is faceless, with Communists, former guerrillas, and other radical fellow travelers marching side-by-side with a moderate majority of Social and Christian Democrats.
Unlike in Chile, where modernized Socialists recently secured the presidency for the first time since the coup against Allende, even Uruguay's moderate Leftists cling to a passionate militancy, Cuba, and Che Guevara.
For steel, the sums involved would be moderate.
David Hume, always sensible and moderate, proposed that humans are characterized by a combination of altruism and selfishness, and that such a combination can be partially molded for the better (or worse) by culture.
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