Issue Spotlight: The U.S. and Iran

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“Every American president in modern era has asserted the right to take direct action without authorization from Congress – including killing enemy operational leadership – to stop serious threats to our national security,” – NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer, CNN.

 

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“But whether we are safer is just one of the many questions unleashed in the wake of Friday’s drone strike at the Baghdad airport, along with profound implications for the security of Americans abroad and here at home.” – NSI Advisory Board Member Lisa O. Monaco, The Washington Post.

 

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“[W]e got to this point in part because there have been… significant Iranian provocations, including drone strikes on some of the most important oil facilities in the world…A lot of people were saying we were being too mild.” – NSI Advisory Board Member Paul Wolfowitz, Fox Business.

 

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