Chris Smith actually said...

"allowing a healthy dose of political realism about our own interests and those of the peoples of Ethiopia to temper judgmentalist impulse and direct our energies instead where they can be most effecti..."

"there are a number of things one might wish to see done differently, perhaps even better with respect to the ongoing social, economic and political development of Ethiopia."

"Delay is denial."

"Why is that? I'm baffled by it."