Christopher Voss Quotes

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.

War is failure of diplomacy.

The security agencies are prosecuting the government’s war in Darfur.

We cannot go on fighting a war for small hills.

We sit there because there is a war going on. But once we have peace we don’t want to be sitting on your Suez Canal.

If blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run. Or else get weapons. Your lives are worth so much less than theirs.

We don't go to war to protect Pizza Hut or Burger King or some other things, some of the nonsense I've seen on our battlefields.

The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.

I will continue to push for solutions to eliminate reliance on hired guns to provide security in war zones.

In conflict zones in particular, we need personnel who wear the badge of the United States, are a part of our official military command, and are always held accountable for their actions.

It shouldn't be the asylum seekers wondering which country they want go to. It should be Europe telling them where to be, be it Lithuania, Sweden, or wherever.

For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to or accept without exploring every other available option.

We tend to think of World War II and all the atrocities that happened, and people say, 'Never again.' But these things are still happening. The Amnesty International files are big.

It is time for all civilized nations to stop the horrors that are taking place in Syria and demand a political solution.

I have sympathy for the people in Syria, and I do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously.

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.

There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian crisis. The solutions for the humanitarian crisis are always political ones.

Ukraine must be permitted to bring their own relief supplies safely to areas in the east of the country that are controlled by the separatists.

If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means making sure that President Assad does not use chemical weapons on his own people.

We started the peace process on the basis of land for peace and on the basis of U.N. resolution 242 and 338,1 as well as other international decisions on achieving the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

I've been calling for the support of the Syrian rebels for years.

The Kurds in Iraq just don't have enough military equipment - they also need humanitarian relief.