Paul, you support arming the opposition, but say we have been waiting too long to really learn about them, right?
Paul Wolfowitz: “Paul, you support arming the opposition, but say we have been waiting too long to really learn about them, right?”
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Wolfowitz acknowledges the need to arm the opposition while criticizing the delay in understanding them.
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