The Western alliance should have supported the Sunni opposition against the Assad regime from the beginning. As far as Iraq is concerned, if it had stayed stable the way it was in 2008, IS would not have been able to expand in Iraq the way they did. The mistake was that Barack Obama withdrew the armed forces from Iraq too fast.
Paul WolfowitzI told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.
Paul WolfowitzThe only way you can be comfortable about Donald Trump's foreign policy, is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says.
Paul WolfowitzI think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems...
Paul Wolfowitz