Aaron David Miller

And I think we have to be careful.

We have interests, we have allies, we have adversaries in this region.

And we need to lead to protect them.

But we need to really get a grip on how

how much we can actually change.

You have five Arab states now in active phases of some kind of dysfunction.

Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, Yemen.

And Syria...

Maybe, maybe the Syrians will prove the exception of emerging from authoritarian rule with something better than the Assad's.

We can't do this for them.

We can't fix this.

And, you know, someone said that in the history of the world, nobody ever washed a rental car.

It's a profound piece of philosophy.

People care about what they own.

And there's an absence of ownership on the part of the leaders of this region.

We can't compensate for that.

So I think humility is really, really important as we seek to protect our own interests.

It's a fair point, Dave, and I think it's a serious and legitimate concern.

The 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium is 60%.

You need 90% to get to bomb grade.