Paul R. Pillar Professions : Academic Born : 1947 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Paul R. Pillar Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because we have been through all this before. The "surge" of several years ago was supposed to provide space and time for Iraqi political interests to work out their differences. 30,000 additional U.S. troops failed to lead to any working out of those differences, and the outcome is the mess we see today. Paul R. Pillar iraq military years Similar Authors Brian Fitzgerald academic Anthony Aveni academic Amitai Etzioni academic Ali Mazrui academic Dennis Altman academic Denis Donoghue academic All Authors
