1.   There was a role for the British in the Middle East, but he hoped that they could be dissuaded from actions which would alienate Arab opinion.

2.   If Beijing persists in its mistreatment of him, it will alienate American opinion and draw renewed attention to the most repellent, least reformed aspects of communist rule.

3.   But repatriating them to probable punishment in North Korea risks alienating international opinion.

4.   China is obliged by treaty to return fleeing North Koreans, but to avoid alienating world opinion it has let refugees leave in cases that become public.

5.   Sending the men, women and children back to likely punishment in North Korea risked alienating world opinion.

6.   Sending them back to likely punishment in North Korea risked alienating world opinion.