05/11/2009
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"There is a possibility that the Kurds would gradually leave our efforts in order to protect their fellow Kurdish forces in Afrin."
"Do you believe that it is in our national security interests to stay within the confines of the JCPOA?"
"If we were not to do that, I think their pace would put us certainly challenged in almost every domain, in a military perspective, by, say, 2025."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."