I think if the central government would do better at outreach to the Sunni, we absolutely could recruit more, train more, equip more, and support more Sunni in the fight.
At what point--how many people have to leave before we make that decision?
why are we unwilling to send a message to Assad that if he continues with barrel-bombing, we will stop him and crater his runways?
At what point do we put a plan together, execute the plan, tell them what we're going to do, and say, 'Stay out of the way'?
We seem lost and at confusion about what to do next, unable to put any real marker down or have any plan for success.
So, while we try to continue to hope and pray that the Iraqi Security Force gets better, are we sitting here with Sunni tribal leaders who h...
One of the things I want to ask you about is, you emphasized the need to work with the Kurds, Turkey, Israel, and other allies, to interdict...
we seem lost. I have extraordinary confidence in the leadership at this table, but we seem lost.
If we do not have that this time around, all of the military gains are likely to prove ephemeral.
We are going to have to do it. This is actually what we did in 2008.
Solving civil wars is not impossible, but it is not easy.