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Assistant secretary of state for middle Eastern Affairs discusses u. S. Middle east strategy and he talks about u. S. Relations in the region. Secretary of state, mike pompeos recent trip to italy and chinas expansion in the middle east. From earlier this week at the Atlantic Council in washington, its an hour and 50 minutes. Okay, everyone. Were ready to commence. Okay. We are joined with us here today to kick off the programming, a discussion of the u. S. Role in the middle east given all of the very exciting news that seems to happen every single day. We are here. David shanker, a good, old friend of mine will share with us his great and unmatched wisdom about the u. S. Policy in the region. Let me give you a little background on david. He was sworn in as the assistant secretary of state for near Eastern Affairs. ....
For centuries, but the whole world has already convinced us of our independence not to be trampled not to be drowned not to be burned not to be shot and the greater our hatred is stronger, our independence is closer, our victory is closer, we prove our independence every day, we are afraid in every way, we cry, we laugh through tears, we shudder at the news here and abroad, in the trenches and in the rear, and with all our might we clench our teeth and move on because we have something that does not extinguish our secret strength the source of which is in ourselves every day, every second, i am familiar with these feelings we were the director, we were sitting in the basement, women and children were constantly hearing explosions i slept dressed, i had to be ready to get up and run at any moment, but i said no, this is my life, i will not give it to anyone, i went on live broadcasts, i understood. If i have these powers and will share them with the ukrainians, with the children who wer ....
It is a case that hes gone beyond anything thats acceptable. The question is, can you follow the path of what jessica was raising. Is the fatigue and the sense of threat from isis enough to create some kind of convergence there. I dont know. The short answer is i dont know the answer. Im a big believer this also goes back to one of the points that sam used to also raise. If theres one thing that guided sam more than anything else, it was that he said, dont fall in love with your own ideas. And if you think youre right, thats fine. But why dont you test your ideas . What do you lose if you test your ideas . The short answer is, you dont lose a lot. So id be quite open to testing certain things, but i also know that if it looks like we shouldnt assume necessarily that having the sunnis with us is a given if it looks like were drawing too close to the iranians, which has clearly been a sensitivity for the obama administration. If we want sunni tribes, by the way, not just in iraq but in s ....