Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We should use military strikes against ISIS when they threaten the Shia areas or Baghdad. We need to accelerate very rapidly, and we have ways to do it, aid to the Syrians, and we need to be more active, with results, not simply inputs. That is absolutely important right now, because people are questioning our will, not our capabilities.
I'm concerned about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia that ignores Russia's aggressiveness in its near abroad. I'm concerned about the willingn… - James Franklin Jeffrey
I'm concerned about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia that ignores Russia's aggressiveness in its near abroad. I'm concerned about the willingn…
- James Franklin Jeffrey
Presidents always - not always, but often have bad conversations with counterparts. They just don't go out and embarrass their counterpart by talking… - James Franklin Jeffrey
Presidents always - not always, but often have bad conversations with counterparts. They just don't go out and embarrass their counterpart by talking…
At the end of the day, it is what Donald Trump does or doesn't do as crises come up and as he tries to advance his agenda. He can hurt it on the marg… - James Franklin Jeffrey
At the end of the day, it is what Donald Trump does or doesn't do as crises come up and as he tries to advance his agenda. He can hurt it on the marg…
I know that presidents often have really bad phone conversations. What they usually don't do is go out and talk about it. That gets to my point about… - James Franklin Jeffrey
I know that presidents often have really bad phone conversations. What they usually don't do is go out and talk about it. That gets to my point about…
The Iraqi government and most Iraqis understand that they have to bring back the Sunni Arab 20, 25 percent of the population. It won't work with thes… - James Franklin Jeffrey
The Iraqi government and most Iraqis understand that they have to bring back the Sunni Arab 20, 25 percent of the population. It won't work with thes…
Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We should use military strikes ag… - James Franklin Jeffrey
Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We should use military strikes ag…
There are real issues that the president Donald Trump and particularly Steve Bannon, his political adviser, are pushing. It's a vision, a rather dark… - James Franklin Jeffrey
There are real issues that the president Donald Trump and particularly Steve Bannon, his political adviser, are pushing. It's a vision, a rather dark…
As a longtime career guy, I like quiet diplomacy behind closed doors. This is not what we're getting with Donald Trump. At the end of the day, it's w… - James Franklin Jeffrey
As a longtime career guy, I like quiet diplomacy behind closed doors. This is not what we're getting with Donald Trump. At the end of the day, it's w…
NATO is in our national security interests. And, yes, we pay a lot for it, but, when we had Afghanistan, NATO troops were by our side from almost all… - James Franklin Jeffrey
NATO is in our national security interests. And, yes, we pay a lot for it, but, when we had Afghanistan, NATO troops were by our side from almost all…
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