Patrick Clawson Quotations

There are lots of problems in Iraq, and this episode was done by some nasty actors who are not friendly to the United States.

He is a very ambitious man, he thinks he has a role to play in the future of the country.

I think he is mistaken in his optimism,

Traditionally it's much harder to get countries to roll back from activities that they have already begun than to persuade countries not to start something.

The government will get a lot of blame; why did we bring this conflict? What happened?

Dubai is a place with few rules, but one of the few things tightly regulated is port security, and that's why the U.S. Navy feels comfortable using Dubai more than any other port in the world.

It's possible we could have a deal on the nuclear matter.

Iraqi businessmen had been bringing back the funds that they held abroad. Now that it doesn't look like the oil income is going to come, Iraq is going to be in a very difficult situation. There's going to be a tightening of belts that are already so tight that they're cutting off circulation.

I don't think they would go out of their way to violate protocol.