Philip H. Gordon: “We do pick a side. I mean, nobody should misunderstand.”

We have been disappointed. We waited for some time for last October's elections... but the political leaders have failed to reach an agreement.

I don't think that's a habit the United States should want to develop.

If we're not satisfied after this back-and-forth... sanctions go back in place. That's new and different.

I think that such an escalation would lead not to the regime's capitulation that we want to see, but rather to a new counter-escalation.