02/13/2025
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"It seems from here to appear to be that Assad is undertaking a very deliberate strategy of trying to wipe out what we could call moderate forces."
"Had we been more forceful early on... do you think that it is possible that you would--that that space that was left there for ISIL may never have existed?"
"He says he sees no point in coordinating with a country whose hands are dirty."
"I would just say that any hopes of coordinating with Iran, who I consider to be just as evil as ISIS, is something that I would discourage for a number of different reasons."