Ziad Doueiri Quotes

Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

On foreign policy, President Obama has kept our nation safe from terrorism and restored our standing in the world. When it comes to one of our closest allies - Israel - President Obama has been resolute.

After 9/11, most Americans were in no mood to talk with our enemies in the Middle East, whatever those enemies' ideology, and the Bush administration's policies of invasion and pre-emption reflected that sentiment.

Each and every day, Israel's very existence is at stake.

Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.

This Middle East thing is maddening.

Wherever people are free, foreign and domestic policy are inseparable.

Democracies are prone to war, and war consumes them.

Every aspect of war is political.

The Iranians are not part of the “axis of Evil”. They are part of the axis of Medieval.

Israel's interest is all I care about.

September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good.

We have to review our foreign policy and stop rolling out the red carpet for countries we know to be funding fundamentalism: countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

I don't want a political party in my government that interferes in Arab countries against other Arab countries.

In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.

Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.

National interest is above anything else. Just because you sit in an air-conditioned room, you can say you shouldn't relate cricket and movies to politics. Ask anyone who has lost a family member to terror attacks, and you will get your answer.

The Arab nations must be on our side. And if we catch them financing, if they funnel money to IS, that's when sanctions and other actions have to kick in.

Me wanting to play in Israel is not me making a statement about what's going on there.

Our national security is not a partisan issue.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

There's been a significant amount of Israelis who are joining my party because they think that Israel has to have a tough stance in this crazy environment called the Middle East.

My academic specialization is Arab-Israel relations.

Maybe some Ukrainians would like to have Sweden or Canada for a neighbor, but we have Russia.