Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

If Egypt is unstable, then the entire region is unstable.

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle East.

Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening. I'm sure historians will, in time, provide theories and analysis, but for now I think most of us simply want the tide stemmed.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.

The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show.

The Iraqi war has transformed the Middle East.

The Middle East is so constructed that the rational things are the things least likely to occur.

You don't have smooth sailing in the American system no matter who's in charge.

One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves.

Shifting loyalties in the Middle East make it difficult to vet supposed moderate groups.

There are no second chances in the volatile Middle East.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be faster changing and more unpredictable than the present.

You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.

There are lots of conflicts going on in the Middle East. It is unclear as to which country will emerge, if any, as the dominant or hegemonic power in the Middle East.

We're not yet in a multipolar world. We are in a chaotic world.... We live in a world where the dangers are real for all of us.

The situation of any leader in the Middle East is not easy.

Iraq does have many, many different tensions.

The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to see a son of ISIS, or even a grandson of ISIS, developing in the years to come.

The Middle East is not part of the world that plays by Las Vegas rules: What happens in the Middle East is not going to stay in the Middle East.

Syria is still the foundation of the axis of evil, and I'm not sure it's appropriate to transfer Israel's northern front to the axis of evil.

Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis, random bomb attacks.

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

Syria is a problem, but Iran is a bigger problem.