a colonel, a career military officer at amman's airport, i was as stunned as you. it was a part of a story that i had to go back to the people and say, really? they said, yes, really. >> host: the major fus of that first chapter is about the sunnis. within iraq, the sunnis previously under saddam were the minority. they were the shia, the majority the shia with extensive, let's call it control and influence from the government of iran over the shia elements. and, you never get to the issue of the talking to the shia side because perhaps it is because we are the work? >> guest: we were. i remember sitting, and this is one of those moments in your life you just can't believe you are there. i was in a washington hotel having dinner with a friend, a vietnam veteran actually, a lifelong friend of mine who had a lot to do with bringing up the facts in this book. we were sitting there having dinner and down the hallway comes abdullah hakim, the head of what was knows as the iranian revolution in iraq. i said, there is abdul aziz hakim. what is he doing? he is meeting with

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destruction of israel, even if it cause as nuclear war, would bring on the return of the hidden i amman more -- imman more quickly. you cannot deter a suicide bomber which is in essence what parts of the identify rain government are. we must prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. we must avoid the hobson choice of having the situation where the advisors come into the president and say, mr. president, here are the two choices. one, do nothing and iran will have nuclear weapons in a couple weeks. two, militarily attack iran. we don't want that choice. we have to avoid a choice of military action or nuclear iran. the bush administration was here for eight years. they pursued a policy of talk tough and carry a tooth pick. they talked tough, but stopped nothing. and for eight years the centrifuges increasesed -- increased in number and went round and round and came closer to a nuclear iran. now we have an administration that comes with a policy of big sticks and carrots. and says first we will engage the iranians. we'll show them the advantages and we will by so doing establish the found

destruction of israel, even if it cause as nuclear war, would bring on the return of the hidden i amman more -- imman more quickly. you cannot deter a suicide bomber which is in essence what parts of the identify rain government are. we must prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. we must avoid the hobson choice of having the situation where the advisors come into the president and say, mr. president, here are the two choices. one, do nothing and iran will have nuclear weapons in a couple weeks. two, militarily attack iran. we don't want that choice. we have to avoid a choice of military action or nuclear iran. the bush administration was here for eight years. they pursued a policy of talk tough and carry a tooth pick. they talked tough, but stopped nothing. and for eight years the centrifuges increasesed -- increased in number and went round and round and came closer to a nuclear iran. now we have an administration that comes with a policy of big sticks and carrots. and says first we will engage the iranians. we'll show them the advantages and we will by so doing establish the found

destruction of israel, even if it cause as nuclear war, would bring on the return of the hidden i amman more -- imman more quickly. you cannot deter a suicide bomber which is in essence what parts of the identify rain government are. we must prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. we must avoid the hobson choice of having the situation where the advisors come into the president and say, mr. president, here are the two choices. one, do nothing and iran will have nuclear weapons in a couple weeks. two, militarily attack iran. we don't want that choice. we have to avoid a choice of military action or nuclear iran. the bush administration was here for eight years. they pursued a policy of talk tough and carry a tooth pick. they talked tough, but stopped nothing. and for eight years the centrifuges increasesed -- increased in number and went round and round and came closer to a nuclear iran. now we have an administration that comes with a policy of big sticks and carrots. and says first we will engage the iranians. we'll show them the advantages and we will by so doing establish the found