relationship with iran, they're aligned shia to shia. but they also need the united states and they want the united states to continue cleanup operations against isis. so the iraqi government is in a very difficult position right now. >> let's talk about afghanistan, because even as the taliban and the u.s. preliminarily reach this cease fire, we see this big attack over the weekend. taliban killed ten afghan soldiers at an army base. there are many people looking at this and they're very skeptical about whether a cease fire will hold. what do you think? >> i'm also skeptical. i think the recent history would advise us to be skeptical. look, there's two things we know about the taliban. one, they're not trustworthy, and two, they're not monolithic. and when you're negotiating with them, and i'm not suggesting we shouldn't pursue diplomacy here, you need to realize not one faction or one individual leader in the taliban speaks for all of them. so it points to the difficulty of trying to find a diplomatic solution.
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