“For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.” WayGivingOpportunityRiskSpecialEqualPrivilegePrivate SectorEqual Opportunity Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“The Western alliance should have supported the Sunni opposition against the Assad regime from the beginning. As far as Iraq is concerned, if it had stayed stable the way it was in 2008, IS would not have been able to expand in Iraq the way they did. The mistake was that Barack Obama withdrew the armed forces from Iraq too fast.” IfsWayShouldHas BeensAbleForceMistakeConcernedShould HaveWesternIraqBarackOppositionRegimesStableAlliancesArmed ForcesAssad Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“The only way you can be comfortable about Donald Trump's foreign policy, is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says.” ThinkingWayMeanPolicyTrumpComfortableForeign PolicyReally Mean Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“Putin is behaving in a very dangerous way. And Donald Trump sounds as though he would simply sit back and allow that to go on. I worry about where that would end up.” WayEndsSoundWorryDangerousGoes OnTrumpPutin Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom . . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was . . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.” PeopleKnowsWayIdeasDiesPaintingInnocentInstanceFighterParadiseFlagsContrastContradictoryMedievalBin LadenForeheadsFreedom FighterAmerican FlagTheocracyCairoBenghazi Author:Paul Wolfowitz