Peter Rodman
Peter Rodman
Peter Warren Rodmanwas a lawyer, government official and foreign policy expert...
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interest operate whether year
A year from now, it will be of interest whether you have more (able to operate independently) or not.
voting
don't go to the latrine without voting in parliament. This is not helpful.
capable exist taliban
They're good, but ... the Taliban do still exist and they are capable of doing harm,
face people productive proximity talks
Proximity talks can be enormously useful. There are people who don't want to talk face to face and who, when they talk face to face, they don't have anything productive to say to each other.
doubt issue
I doubt that very much, I don't think that is what the issue is, and...
years community leader
Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi) communities have been quite resistant to this. The test is whether the political process continues.