“It's very hard to understand just what our strategy is in Syria, frankly, and on Iraq that this is Iraq's war, that the role of the United States is to help Iraq, to arm, train, support, provide air support, but this has to be Iraq's war.” WarHardStatesHelpingUnitedRolesUnited StatesSupportAirArmsStrategyTrainIraqSyria Author:David Ignatius
“The people on the streets of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya and Syria and Iran have done more to defeat the ideology of Al Qaeda than anything that the United States has done. They have shown that there is a third way, that with peaceful protest you can have an end to dictatorship and a role for human dignity, a role for your religious faith in society.” PeopleWayHumansEndsStatesDoneReligiousUnitedRolesUnited StatesStreetsDignityThirdsDefeatPeacefulIdeologyProtestIranAlsDictatorshipSyriaEgyptReligious FaithAl QaedaHuman DignityLibyaPeaceful ProtestTunisia Author:Reza Aslan
“So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West and economic opportunity that comes with it and the participation that comes with it.” StatesMovingOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesEconomicJudgmentEmbraceWestSyriaParticipation Author:John F. Kerry
“I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?” WarStatesCircumstancesIndependentIndependenceIraqIranSyriaTurkeysSanctionsKurdsKurdish Author:Jalal Talabani
“Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon - and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank - and Gaza in particular.” StatesActionNumbersMiddleParticularArmsThreatWestIsraelNuclearPeacefulAggressionPalestinianSyriaEasternNeighbourGazaRoguesLebanonNuclear Arms Author:Mohamed ElBaradei