Bruce Riedel Quotes

• There's plenty of room for finger-pointing for the debacle in Iraq. If it's a problem that the Iraqi military is broken at its core, then there's no point in sending more Humvees and Apaches.

  Bruce Riedel

  Military, Iraq, Broken

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• The problem with the drone is it's like your lawn mower. You've got to mow the lawn all the time. The minute you stop mowing, the grass is going to grow back.

  Bruce Riedel

  Drones, Mowing, Problem

  "Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists" by Greg Miller, www.washingtonpost.com. October 23, 2012.

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• Barack Obama's discovering what a nightmare dealing with hostage problems is - a discovery previously made by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, i don't see a lot of room for change in American policy.

  Bruce Riedel

  Change, Discovery, Rooms

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• Pakistan's political leadership needs to make a clear choice to fight the Taliban decisively, not with half measures, the burden is on Prime Minister Sharif to show he can unite the country to defend its children.

  Bruce Riedel

  Leadership, Country, Children

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