Reza Aslan Quotes

I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.

What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples.

Israel may be beloved, but for American security, it is not essential.

America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.

America’s foreign policy has left us with more enemies and fewer allies.

America’s military bases around the world are centers of stability in unstable regions.

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

America has wearied of Middle East War.

The U.S. has strategic and economic interests in Southeast Asia that must be secured. Holding Indochina is essential to securing these interests. Therefore, we must hold Indochina.

I believe he [Saddam Hussein] wants a better relationship with America.

No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.

On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].

In a new interview, Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated that the U.S. has no plans to attack Syria or Iran. After hearing this Donald Rumsfeld responded, 'Like he'd know.'

Russia will not take part in any field operations on the territory of Syria or in other states; at least, we do not plan it for now. But we are thinking of how to intensify our work both with President al-Assad and our partners in other countries.

Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

Wishful thinking won't make the Palestinians an Israeli peace partner, no matter how much President Barack Obama pressures Israel to make concessions; caustically mocking Putin's worldview won't make it any less real or mitigate the Russian threat.

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.

In addition to the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, which is crucial to U.S. interests both domestically and in the Middle East, the U.S. has had and will continue to need Egypt's collaboration in the war on terrorism.

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.