| 00:00:30 |
Pletka, Danielle - Vice President
IRAQ'S ELECTIONS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT AMUSING TO ME TO BE SITTING HERE INTRODUCING EVENT ON IRAQ, SOMETHING THAT WHEN I STARTED HERE AT AEI BACK IN 2002...
|
| 00:03:25 |
Perelli, Carina - Director
TO START. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN, IN A SENSE, IN THE FIELD OF ELECTIONS AND TRANSITIONS IN CONFLICT AREAS FOR HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENTS FOR...
|
| 00:16:16 |
Carpenter, J. Scott - Group Director
FOR ORGANIZING THIS PANEL. I'M VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ON IT WITH SUCH DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE AND GOOD FRIENDS. I SERVED WITH CARINA IN BAGHDAD AND WAS...
|
| 00:28:19 |
Katulis, Brian - Senior Fellow and Director
YOU TO READ IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. WHEN MICHAEL CONTACTED ME TO JOIN THE PANEL, HE MENTIONED ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WAS UNABLE TO FTP TO ATTEND AND...
|
| 00:39:04 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
NOW. THANK YOU. >> MICHAEL? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO ONE KNOWS THE OUTCOME OF THESE ELECTIONS AND IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING...
|
| 00:50:59 |
Ridolfo, Kathleen - Analyst
HAND. SO THERE. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. >> MICHAELS PREROGATIVE I GUESS. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE...
|
| 01:01:14 |
Pletka, Danielle - Vice President
THOSE WERE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT IT STRUCK ME THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT INTERESTED...
|
| 01:03:25 |
Katulis, Brian - Senior Fellow and Director
NOBODY? THERE YOU GO. >> I AM NOT A MILITARY LOGISTICS BUT I DO LOOK AT IRAQI POLITICS THE WAY THIS TIME LINE ACTUALLY EVOLVED AND IN THE CLOSING STAGES...
|
| 01:07:31 |
Carpenter, J. Scott - Group Director
AND EARLY NEXT. >> ON THE POLICY ISSUE I THINK I AGREE WITH BRIAN HOWEVER I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD NOT DO IS SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY LIKE...
|
| 01:10:07 |
Perelli, Carina - Director
IT. >> I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE MY THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF TIME LINES AND IMPACT OF THE TROOPS BUT I WANTED TO GIVE MY THE TRUE...
|
| 01:13:25 |
Q&A, -
WHO TORTURED YOU BASICALLY HAVE WHAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE WHICH WAS THE LAW. >> WILL SET PSP FOR FREE MUCH. BUT WE OPENED OF FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. IF YOU...
|
| 01:14:26 |
Carpenter, J. Scott - Group Director
POLITICIANS AND DE-BAATHIFICATION? >> I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THOSE ISSUES AND THAT SORT OF CAMPAIGN WHICH I THINK MALIKI AND OTHERS REALLY WANT TO DISCUSS...
|
| 01:15:55 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
CASE IT SEEMS THE EXTERNALS COUNTRIES ARE OFTEN TIMES BALILES. THEY'VE MADE MUCH OUT OF SAUDI ARABIA'S ANIMOSITY -- RECEIVE ANIMOSITY TO PERMIT MR....
|
| 01:17:42 |
Ridolfo, Kathleen - Analyst
WIDE SCALE NATIONAL ISSUES AS YOU HAVE SAID. >> THREE QUICKLY ALL OF THESE OUTSTANDING ISSUES I SAID THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE KURDS BUT MORE THAN...
|
| 01:19:57 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
IT REALLY DID AWAKEN IRAQI NATIONALISM IN A WAY THAT THEY, AMONG THE SHIA THAT PERHAPS SURPRISE THE IRANIANS. ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS WOULD BE BAD...
|
| 01:21:10 |
Katulis, Brian - Senior Fellow and Director
CAN BENEFIT FROM THE PRICE SPIKE IN OIL. >> IF I COULD ADD, MY CONCERNS ABOUT STRATEGIC INCOHERENCE. THIS HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AND WHATEVER THE...
|
| 01:23:22 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
PIE WILL PIE WILL CERTAINLY ENDORSE BRIAN'S INCOHERENCE AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE, AS YOU SAY, THE PROBLEM OF INCOHERENCE BETWEEN SPECIFIC...
|
| 01:24:35 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
ON? >> IF I MAY JUST SPEAK MORE BROADLY AND THEN PERHAPS TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO BRIAN I AM NOT GOING TO ADDRESS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN PER SE BUT WHAT I...
|
| 01:25:28 |
Katulis, Brian - Senior Fellow and Director
TO BE COGNIZANT THAT NOTHING THAT IS BETTER SAID THAT IS SAID IN D.C. STAYS IN D.C.. >> I THINK A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF HIS AND WALDMAN AND I'M NOT CERTAIN...
|
| 01:28:52 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
ELECTION OR THE ELECTION RESULTS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE LEVEL OF CORRUPTION IN IRAQ? THANK YOU. >> I WILL JUST SAY BRIEFLY WITH THE OBAMA SYSTEM,...
|
| 01:31:51 |
Carpenter, J. Scott - Group Director
PERHAPS HERETICAL HERE IN WASHINGTON BUT THE FACT IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN IRAQ IS WHEN YOU OPEN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND YOU BEGIN TO ALLOW ISLAMIST...
|
| 01:33:09 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
PLACE AND THEN LET SOCIETY FUNCTION. >> LET ME ADD ONE THING TO THAT. ONE OF MY GREATEST CRITICISMS OF DEMOCRATIZATION DURING THE BUSH YEARS WAS THE...
|
| 01:34:33 |
Ridolfo, Kathleen - Analyst
AND INFLUENCE OF KURDS CHANGING IN BAGHDAD AFTER THESE ELECTIONS? >> EVERYBODY IS WRITING AND TALKING ABOUT THE KURDS BEING THE KEY MAKERS AND I THINK...
|
| 01:37:30 |
Carpenter, J. Scott - Group Director
FIRST QUESTION, I AM LESS WORRIED ABOUT A RENEWED SECTARIAN VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE SUNNI AND THE SHIA AND I AM ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR REAL FLASHPOINTS...
|
| 01:38:11 |
Rubin, Michael - Resident Scholar
IT. >> ANY ONE ELSE? [LAUGHTER] >> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE COALITION BUILDING TIME, WE ARE GOING TO SEE CERTAIN PARTIES RESORT TO...
|
| 01:39:20 |
Perelli, Carina - Director
IN. >> JUST A FEW WORDS ON THE VIOLENCE ISSUE AND I WILL TAKE THE COWARD'S BOTH ON THE OTHER ONE. [LAUGHTER] BUT, BASICALLY, IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION,...
|
| 01:41:40 |
Ridolfo, Kathleen - Analyst
OF THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES. >> AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, SAID TERRY AND HISISM I THINK WILL CONTINUE AND I THINK THIS IDEA OF CLOSED COMMUNITIES, A...
|
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.