06/24/2012
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"Whatever political process and diplomatic process is necessary to get that government to behave differently toward its own population and to its neighbors, that is an absolutely essential precondition..."
"A political solution is highly unlikely with a government acting the way the current Assad government acts."
"I think if there was an election today, Assad probably would win by 95 percent, and it would not be a legitimate election."
"I think a complete withdrawal, we saw what happened when we did that in Iraq. We should learn from our mistakes and history."