“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
“The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.” WorldStatesWould BeActionUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesMaterialsWeaponsConsequenceRemainsThreatIncludingNuclearGravesUsaIranRegimesNuclear WeaponsEntitySyriaKoreaNorth KoreaTransfersMissilesKoreanNorth Korean Author:George W. Bush
“We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.” IfsHumansNationsUnitedDemocracyRightsInvolvedAuthorityUnionsHuman RightsPartnersSyriaUnited NationsEuropean UnionDemocracy And Human Rights Author:William Hague
“ISIL presents a growing threat not only in Syria and Iraq, but throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and now in the United States as well. Terrorists and their enablers will continue to receive the unwavering attention of law enforcement and the intelligence community.” WellsStatesLawCommunityUnitedAttentionUnited StatesGrowingMiddleEuropeThreatIraqEastTerroristMiddle EastSyriaLaw EnforcementEnforcementUnwaveringIsilIntelligence CommunityNorth AfricaEnablers Author:Devin Nunes
“Saddam is neither friend nor brother to us, and he will never pay off debts to us. It's the question of precedent: today the United States doesn't like Iraq, tomorrow Syria, then Iran, North Korea and then what: everyone else?” StatesTodayUnitedPayUnited StatesBrotherTomorrowIraqDebtUsaIranSyriaSaddamKoreaNorth KoreaPrecedent Author:Robin Cook
“Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want a worldwide income tax and who put Syria and Iran on their Human Rights Committee.” WantHumansRememberNationsRealizingUnitedRightsInternetTaxesFolksHuman RightsDrivingIncomeIranSyriaCommitteesUnited NationsIncome TaxTake Control Author:Arthur L. Herman
“Syria doesn't want to talk with us on a bilateral basis, only under the auspices of the United States.” WantStatesUnitedUnited StatesBasesSyria Author:Yitzhak Rabin
“We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace.” StatesFormPresidentDifferencesUnitedEffortUnited StatesReadyAppreciateOvercomingIsraelSecretarySyria Author:Yitzhak Rabin
“One great lesson from history we need to keep on re-learning. It is that sometimes your adversaries tell you exactly what they're going to do. How many times did [Osama] bin Laden say prior to 9/11 that he was coming after the U.S.? ISIS made clear that when they established their caliphate in Iraq and Syria, they were coming after the United States too.” NeedsMadeSometimesStatesUnitedUnited StatesClearLessonsIraqSyriaAdversariesIsisBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Michael Morell