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United states have been interestingly quiet apart from saudi arabia saying once again that they support the american campaign to get iran to moderate its behavior. one of the things in this region that makes people very anxious indeed about irans behavior over the longer term is not just its efforts that were suspended under the nuclear deal to develop a nuclear program and nuclear weapons program, but also its influence on proxies, hezbollah, south lebanon, of course the houthis in yemen, which...

Against extremism, not in a partisan fight within the shia/sunni split. >> you have written that removing saddam hussein did not cause this conflagration, but if we had not invaded in 2003, the united states, great britain, and others, wouldnt iraq be a very, very different place? >> well, its hard to judge -- >> a better place. >> -- because obviously if you were to ask some of the kurds against whom saddam launched jep si genocide or people in basra who were excluded from government, excluded ...

Iran. there are no easy answers on what to do but we do know that we shouldnt be listening to bush-era leaders who got us into this mess. starting with paul wolfowitz, bushs number two at the pentagon. he claimed iraqi oil revenue would help pay for the war and mocked warnings that 20,000 u.s. troops would be needed as, quote, wildly off the mark. now hes calling for action. >> this is more than just an obscure shconflict. this is al qaeda. >> the sh ia/sunni split is obscure? hes disqualifying ...

Saudi arabia, with the united arab emirates, some of the gulf states are not very happy what the obama administration is doing right now either. >> critical point. they live in the neighborhood. different set of fears an concerns but iran is the preepnent challenge. the shia sunni split, this so-called political war is crucial consideration in saudi foreign policy and absolutely right. theyre not happy. i said a couple weeks with a former mossad sad analyst and the former are saudi intelligence ...

Up in the u.n. and ive never really quite forgiven myself for not pushing harder to be engaged. we cant just sit by and watch tragedies, atrocities, unfold. and we have an obligation to the world. >> that does raise the question of how we can stand by and let people be killed. in yemen, in bahrain and elsewhere in the region, where we have very different strategic interests. >> well, first of all, its not exactly a parallel. because gadhafi is without question, mercurial and probably nuts. the e...