Peter Rodman
Peter Rodman
Peter Warren Rodmanwas a lawyer, government official and foreign policy expert...
maybe speaking violence
Maybe he was speaking to his people, who would like to see the violence subside,
civil days few next political succeed war
Not only do I not see civil war happening, I don't think they will succeed in derailing this political process. The next few days will tell if I am right.
civil extremists trying
What the extremists are trying to do is to foment a civil war. But we don't see it. We don't see it succeeding.
arab elections last pole political population pulling saw successful three
We saw three successful elections last year... In that success of those elections, you can see the gravitational pole working on the Sunni Arab population pulling them into the political process.
voting
don't go to the latrine without voting in parliament. This is not helpful.
fight knows relationship
We see this as, the fight is still on, and he knows that, ... Operationally, our relationship with them is good.
fight knows
We see it that the fight is still on and he knows that,
adjusted calculate challenges china light military
Today, we would calculate the operational challenges in light of new military capabilities and technologies China has acquired, just as we have always adjusted to new realities.
forces iraqi large performed security severe
We think that by and large the Iraqi security forces have performed well under a very severe test.
interest operate whether year
A year from now, it will be of interest whether you have more (able to operate independently) or not.
believe stakes
The stakes are enormous, the U.S. has a strategy, and we believe it's the right one.
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.
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One of the reason we want to turn over battle space to Iraqis is precisely so coalition forces can be less visible and less exposed.
capable exist taliban
They're good, but ... the Taliban do still exist and they are capable of doing harm,