William Kirby Quotes

There is no reason that Iraq should be at war with Israel.

If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will.

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

The United States has been locked in an escalating confrontation with Iran ever since President Trump decided to pull out of the nuclear deal in 2018 and to impose unilateral sanctions in 2019.

I don't think Russia could start a war by attacking any of the NATO member states.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.

Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.

The West will have to choose: either to come to terms with Russians, or to receive a retaliatory blow. This retaliatory blow will not be by means of war. We will resort to the same weapon: nationalism.

America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.

If America and China collide, both will suffer.

There are two things that are very expensive in international relations: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail

Sanctions on Pakistan have been part of the troubled U.S.-Pakistan relationship in the past and should not be considered as an option in the future.

If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased.

On my watch, Iran will not become a regional power. And I will not hesitate to use force when needed.

As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.

If we don't get our relationship with the emerging People's Republic of China right, that is something that could lead to global catastrophe.

I think what you can see is that we have worked very closely with China. China has really stood up in putting the pressure on North Korea.

To the extent that anyone has leverage over North Korea, it's China.

I do not see it as desirable for South Korea to take the back seat and watch discussions between the U.S. and China.

On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.

I don't think that that's a desirable option for us. Besides, it wouldn't work, because there are too many other countries that are willing to work economically with China. But I don't think the basic relationship depends on economics. It depends on a political understanding of what is required for peace in Asia.