And that is the danger here: that rather than bringing peace, it's going to bring more war.
Leon Panetta: “And that is the danger here: that rather than bringing peace, it's going to bring more war.”
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Panetta expresses concern that Trump's actions could escalate rather than resolve the conflict.
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Well, it certainly is concerning. You know, having been to the Munich conference a number of times, usually when a vice president or president goes to the Munich conference, he discusses the importance of security between the United States…
It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the Speaker and his Republican colleagues, that Russia still remains very much a threat to the United States.
Well, I think you saw a tragic and historic moment take place in the Oval Office, in which 80 years of United States foreign policy has largely been turned on its head.





