Bashir Assad Quotes

The Middle East is undoubtedly in for a rocky time. In Palestine we have a situation which is badly fouled up by the past mistakes of many people, including ourselves. These probably cannot be settled without great unpleasantness, including violence.

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

This Middle East thing is maddening.

There is a feeling that events are in the air; all that is unpredictable is their timing. Perhaps we shall see several more years of peace, but it is equally possible that overnight some tremendous upheaval will happen.

Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.

There are no second chances in the volatile Middle East.

If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

I'm proud of what I've done in Jordan, but the region itself is sitting on a time bomb.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

When there's a war, people get married.

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

We are facing extreme volatility.

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

It's a volatile time.

There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics, a U.S. election and a Taiwanese election, some sort of mutually reinforcing explosion and crisis.

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

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.

Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.

The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.

This is an era of violent peace.

As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous.

… a major threat to regional stability.

In the Middle East, the opposition is quite different than the opposition in advanced countries. In our countries, the opposition takes the form of explosions, assassinations, killings.