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“The factual debate during the next six months will revolve around the threat assessment.”
Joseph Cirincione
“The response in the Muslim world is unpredictable. But if you start seeing women and children pulled out of rubble caused by U.S. bombs, and this is flashed around the world, U.S. embassies could start going up in flames. I would not underestimate the anger that is out there against the U.S. and how much an attack would inflame that anger.”
“The real danger is cherry-picking the data to support a preconceived idea and then connecting the dots to form a faulty picture. This is what happened in Iraq.”
“This could be part of his domestic political calculations. The more he postures as standing up to a US positioning itself for war, the more he consolidates his power.”
“I think the Chapter 7 route is dead on arrival. The US can keep talking about it, but our own policies have doomed it.”
