Peter Rodman
Peter Rodman
Peter Warren Rodmanwas a lawyer, government official and foreign policy expert...
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.
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.
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.
voting
don't go to the latrine without voting in parliament. This is not helpful.
forces iraqi large performed security severe
We think that by and large the Iraqi security forces have performed well under a very severe test.
improve iraqis lives prove work
We must prove that (economic) institutions can work and improve the lives of Iraqis at the fundamental level.
hope separate
We hope this will separate them from the extremists.
both gain learn perhaps sides
We think both sides would gain by having more interaction. We would learn more about them, and perhaps they would learn more about us.
battle coalition forces iraqis less precisely reason space turn visible
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.
maybe speaking violence
Maybe he was speaking to his people, who would like to see the violence subside,
achieving authority extending fact government objective
We think they are not achieving their objective and in fact the government is extending its authority politically around the country,
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,