Richard Engel Quotes

The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.

Head for jihad and have your guns ready.

In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.

Find Al Quaeda and Kill Them

I think ISIS is achieving the objectives that they have set out to achieve. I think that they feel probably very emboldened. They feel pretty good. Their resiliency is extraordinary.

ISIS has never fought a real battle.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

This is a war against terrorists. Not a war against a religion, but a war against terrorists.

They called themselves an army. They were planning on recruiting more armies. They were planning on splitting up and forming smaller cells and going into different areas, recruiting more members and just growing until they had started a full scale war in this country.

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.

If I am elected president, every militant on the face of the planet will know, if you go and join ISIS, if you wage jihad on the United States of America, if you attempt to murder innocent Americans you are signing your death warrant.

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.

More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.

Come to the so-called caliphate and live the life of some sort of glory ...; and if you can't come, kill somebody where you are; kill somebody in uniform; kill anybody; if you can cut their head off, great; videotape it; do it; do it; do it.... Kill, kill, kill.

We are at war with Al Qaeda and its affiliates.

You cannot fight one terrorist organization by making use of another terrorist organization.

The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'

Syria is hosting the most dangerous terrorist organizations.

Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.

In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.

A lot of terrorists fled out of Afghanistan.

Anytime ISIS takes ground, it's a bad thing.

The fact that a terrorist was killed, and it doesn't matter if it was in Dubai or Gaza, is good news to those fighting terrorism.