10/15/2023
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"It has to be a little painful for them. But, honestly, I think Christiane is right. There are two things going on."
"There's a clear limiting principal here in upholding a principal. That principal is you don't use chemical or biological weapons."
"The Russians really do need at the end of the day some way out of the Syrian (inaudible)."
"If we're not able and the Iraqis are not able to affect the conditions that led to the rise of ISIL in the first place, once it's defeated, it won't stay defeated and you will have ISIL 2.0."