Tom Malinowski actually said...

I still prefer those uncertainties to the certainties we would have faced, had this not happened.

I'm not entirely comfortable with the use of the term 'civil war' in this case.

I think there's a very strong argument here for patience and for following the kind of approach that the United States followed, for example...

I think there should be much more focus on sending civilian teams to start addressing these and other challenges of governance.