Patrick Cronin Quotes


We're likely to see continued bloodshed and instability inside Iraq. - Patrick Cronin



This is a long-term proposition, and I would expect the next U.S. administration to have forces inside Iraq at a fairly large number for some years to come. - Patrick Cronin



This (Bush's pledge) is a landmark bit of phrasing which I am sure was at least partly calculated. - Patrick Cronin



The United States has been obviously eager to refer it to New York, to the UN Security Council for the past three years... And it's been the EU diplomacy, and the EU-3 diplomacy in particular, that has forestalled that. Here, with the breakdown of an apparent agreement, the Europeans had promised to move forward with a referral. The votes haven't come behind the Europeans and the Americans on this, so they have really no recourse but to delay and buy time. - Patrick Cronin