"We will have a robust continuing presence throughout the region, which is proof of our ongoing commitment to Iraq and to the future of that region, which holds such promise and should be freed from outside interference to continue on a pathway to democracy," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in Tajikistan after the president's announcement.
And this, she explains, "is proof of our ongoing commitment to Iraq and to the future of that region," which we care about because it "holds such promise" -- oh God, the compassion is killing me -- "and should be freed from outside interference to continue on a pathway to democracy".
Canada and Australia's new leaders Trudeau and Turnbull may well turn up in Paris next month but the real proof of their commitment to tackling the greatest moral challenge of our time is whether they'll do what it takes to keep their countries' massive fossil fuel reserves in the ground.
Muslims, Todd has written, found themselves pressured to defend not merely "the right, but the obligation, to commit blasphemy," as proof of their commitment to French secularism.
The greatest proof of her commitment to openness is that she talks about me when I'm not there.
Gen Musharraf has boasted of the arrests as proof of his commitment to the fight against al-Qaida.
And as Mr. Bush noted, his alien encounter was further proof of his commitment to expanding the Republican Party's appeal.
In the official history of the company that became Haier, the episode is treated as hallowed proof of its commitment to quality and to its customers.
But Paisley liked the idea of wearing a hat, because it was visual proof of his commitment to the genre's history, and to its fans.
The government says it investigates reports of abuse and points to the convictions as proof of its commitment to foreign domestic workers, or "helpers" as it calls them.
