I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story. David Ignatius More Quotes by David Ignatius More Quotes From David Ignatius Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might react to some of the recent industry-backed studies minimizing the dangers of global warming. I suspect future jurors will not be amused. David Ignatius dreammayinteresting Luck is the residue of good planning. David Ignatius everybody-loves-raymondplanningluck If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic Islamist groups, the revolution will fail elsewhere. David Ignatius militaryspringcountry 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 is some sort of strategy for dealing with it in Iraq. I'm not sure there is one in Syria. And Libya is another problem altogether. David Ignatius isiliraqproblem Retrospective analysis is not a useful guide to current problems. David Ignatius guidesanalysisproblem When the big guys in Washington dream of transforming the world, it’s the little guys who come home in body bags. David Ignatius guydreamhome 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 falling. But it also includes its desire not to have ISIL's ideology spread in the region where it lives David Ignatius governmentfightingfall 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 mistrustrepublicanthinking U.S. has been trying to encourage Iraq to pass a law that would provide money and training and weapons for a Sunni national guard that could be effective in places like Ramadi, like Mosul David Ignatius trainingiraqlaw 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 to help Iraq, to arm, train, support, provide air support, but this has to be Iraq's war. David Ignatius iraqairwar 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 have been propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad. David Ignatius alliesiranthinking 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 the strategy - then you have to be careful that Sunnis don't perceive the U.S. to be operating arm in arm with Iran or with Iranian-backed Shiite militias that Abadi - Prime Minister Abadi is using in Iraq, so that, in effect, we're fronting for Iran. David Ignatius iraniraqfighting I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq. David Ignatius iraniraqbelieve During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator. David Ignatius matterseconomiccrisisgovernment Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers. David Ignatius trueriskstaking-risksintelligence The worm of paranoia begins to eat into even the hardest adversary. David Ignatius beginseatevenhardest Machiavelli did believe that it was better to appear to be good than to be good. If you're good, you're just too vulnerable, but if you appear to be good, you get all the benefits plus you can be sneaky and, when necessary, stab someone in the back. David Ignatius bettergoodyoubelieve Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic. David Ignatius popularityeconomicpolicyfinancial Panic is a natural human response to danger, but it's one that severely compounds the risk. David Ignatius humanriskdangernatural I've tried, in 'Bloodmoney,' to tell a story that gets at the crazy relationship between the ISI and the CIA, these absolutely fascinating, often mutually destructive two scorpions in a bottle kind of relationship that they have. David Ignatius storytellcrazyrelationship
