What are the unintended consequences for the U.S. and Iraq?
Crocker: It could be highly destabilizing in Iraq as well. I can’t go off into wild hypotheticals. It would depend on what they did. But you are talking about a large-scale military operation. Large-scale military operations have consequences. TIME: Are you going to talk to Iran again? Crocker: I expect we will have another round. I can’t say when. I’m certainly open to do it. TIME: What’s holding it up? Crocker: It comes at the initiative of the Iraqis. I told them I’d be prepared to sit down. They’ll tell me when. TIME: Is Iran resisting? Crocker: I really don’t know.
