It's very hard to understand just what our strategy is in Syria, frankly, and on Iraq that this is Iraq's war, that the role of the United States is …

- David Ignatius

Well, I think the U.S. has been careful not to go too far in attacking Iran's allies, in particular in attacking Hezbollah forces in Syria, which hav…

- David Ignatius

Retrospective analysis is not a useful guide to current problems.

- David Ignatius

I think Republicans so mistrust Barack Obama, that if Barack Obama says Putin is terrible, they will be some Republicans who just take the other side.

- David Ignatius

A change of strategy suggests there is a strategy. I don't see a strategy that deals with - that concerns with dealing wit with ISIL overall. There i…

- David Ignatius

I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq.

- David Ignatius

But the U.S. has to be careful. If our strategy depends on Sunnis doing the fighting to clear Mosul and Ramadi - and, as near as I can tell, that is …

- David Ignatius

Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly government in Baghdad fa…

- David Ignatius

Luck is the residue of good planning.

- David Ignatius