The military option has a lot of costs. But is the cost of the Islamic Republic of Iran having a nuclear weapon greater? |
The more we talk about withdrawals, the more insurgents assert themselves. |
The U.S. may not want to respond but it will not sacrifice what it believes to be in its national security. It will certainly not risk an Islamic republic with nuclear weapons. |
There's this tendency in the West to believe that the insurgency is linked to Iraqi politics. As much as the White House would like to set a milestone, we're not going to realize what the turning point was until a year or two after the fact. We have to stop looking for a watershed moment. |
To have a result like this after two decades is extraordinary. |
We're confident that a jury will see that this was a deal between friends. There was no criminal intent. This is a civil matter. |
We're essentially where we were with Iraq 12 years ago. It took us 12 years to get where we are now with Iraq. It's a long process. |