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“This is Schrödinger's ceasefire. It's simultaneously not a war and it is a war.”
On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
Eli Lake quotes
columnist and podcast host
3 things Eli Lake said, verbatim, from July 11, 2026 to September 30, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“That is such a broad definition of things that it could apply to anybody. And I am wary of giving the Secretary of State or any administration that kind of power.”
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