More important is the net benefit the U.S. derives from the stability and security of the country and region affected and the price the U.S. would pay if stability were to be lost or its interests undermined. Richard Haass More Quotes by Richard Haass More Quotes From Richard Haass I did not believe in the Iraq war. Richard Haass politics Iran is an authoritarian system. At the end of the day, if the Supreme Leader wants this deal, he gets it, president Obama, whatever his critics think, is not a supreme leader. He's going to have much more trouble selling it here. Richard Haass top-news These are obviously wildly unattractive alternatives, we're not looking to have another war. We don't want to see a Middle East, as bad as it is, get even worse with nuclear weapons under multiple hands of control. Richard Haass world We can do things at the margins to help this side, reinforce that side, train another, arm another. So the U.S. position is likely to be quite modest. Richard Haass politics You have civil wars, you have proxy wars. You have regional wars all in one, and these things have so many logs on the fire, to use the metaphor, that they ... burn and burn and burn for a long time. Richard Haass world I think the Saudis ... feel directly, physically threatened by what is happening. Richard Haass world
