Philip Giraldi in Truthdig It is absolutely parallel,says Philip Giraldi, a former CIA counterterrorism specialist. "They're using the same dance steps-demonize the bad guys, the pretext of diplomacy, keep out of negotiations, use proxies. It is Iraq redux."
Barack Obama in Daily Nation We don't just want this to be sort of Clinton redux,an unnamed Obama advisor said in The New York Times' Thursday edition. "There are plenty of good names out there, strong names that could say 'change.'"
Chris Van Hollen in msnbc.com Van Hollen said at the Bloomberg Washington Summit: "People who think this is a redux of 1994 are totally misreading the current situation."