The reason for discussing hypotheticals is to show you've thought thru the possibilities.

The current administration has show a propensity to ignore differing opinions. Especially anything that describes scenarios that don't agree with their vision.

Hence, we have thousands dying in a civil war in Iraq that the administration won't even acknowledge is occurring. You can't fix a problem if you don't acknowledge it even exists.

>>In this video, Condi Rice dicusses how civil war in Iraq is just a hypothetical and doesn't need to be discussed.
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>Hypotheticals don't need to be discussed publicly by the Secretary of State. What purpose would it serve?