Lindsey Graham Quotes

We have a failed state in Syria.

Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.

Libya is a huge disaster.

Bad things usually don't happen by themselves in Iraq.

By 2007, Iraqi society had completely collapsed.

Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.

What we now have in Iraq is a defeat.

Failed states have become breeding grounds for conflict.

The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other deeper problems.

I've often said that the ISIS-Syria-Iraq mess is about as bad as it could be.

American wars in Muslim countries created some extremists and inflamed many more while producing a security vacuum that allowed them to wreak mayhem.

Benghazi was a tragedy. Libya is a tragedy.

Around us in the Middle East there is total chaos. I'm not willing to give up on my land for this chaos.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate.

Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.

When it is over, if it is over, this war will have horrible consequences. Instead of having one Bin Laden, we will have 100 Bin Ladens.

The Gates of Hell have been opened in Iraq.

In beloved Iraq, blood is flowing between brothers, in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation.

The occupation of Iraq is completely self-perpetuating: The worse things get the more we are obliged to stay. And the longer we stay the worse things get.

Yemen is one of the most dangerous spots in the world.

ISIS filled the vacuum in Iraq and Syria created by a lack of effective governance.

Once the U.S. and NATO walked away from Libya, a chaotic, lawless state in the soft underbelly of Europe arose.

I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.