Talking to them doesn't preclude the possibility of sanctions, Khanna says.<br /><br />Parag Khanna: Talking with them [Syria and Iran] doesn't mean not having sanctions on them. We would continue to have sanctions the way we do now. <br />It is just the question of making progress while those sanctions are in place. We had sanctions on Iraq for a long time; we didn't make a great deal of progress in dismantling the way we claim; or George Bush claimed that we didn't make any progress in dismantling the Weapons of Mass Destruction program, just why he claimed. <br />We have to go back. And again, the sanctions alone don't do much. When we talked earlier about hard and soft power, I said it is a whole combination of things that have to happen simultaneously; well this is an example of that. <br />Recorded on: 3/3/2008<br /><br />Parag Khanna: Talking with them [Syria and Iran] doesn't mean not having sanctions on them. We would continue to have sanctions the way we do now. <br />It is just the question of making progress while those sanctions are in place. We had sanctions on Iraq for a long time; we didn't make a great deal of progress in dismantling the way we claim; or George Bush claimed that we didn't make any progress in dismantling the Weapons of Mass Destruction program, just why he claimed. <br />We have to go back. And again, the sanctions alone don't do much. When we talked earlier about hard and soft power, I said it is a whole combination of things that have to happen simultaneously; well this is an example of that. <br />Recorded on: 3/3/2008
