John McCain Quotes

And most worryingly, it wouldn't surprise me if Putin ends up starting a major military conflict with the West at some point in the future to save his own skin as head of state in Russia.

These four mongrels are supposed to be our defense against Communism and the extremes of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East.

Russia is a direct threat to our NATO allies in the Baltics and in Poland as well as a threat to peace and stability in the entire western world.

(When British troops were still garrisoned in Egypt, Nasser requested arms from the United States.) You can't give them (the Egyptians) arms with which to kill British soldiers who fought shoulder to shoulder with you in the war (World War II.)

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.

I don't believe Russia would attack a NATO country or NATO as such, no matter which country we are talking about.

Putin sought to destabilize Ukraine's economy.

We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.

Many agree that the worst thing that could ever happen is if Russia and China get closer.

With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way.

You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.

The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.

It's essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics.

Eritrea is hellbent on destabilising Ethiopia. It does not care who it sleeps with.

There will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, balances of power ...

Neoconservatives believe that we can only be defined by having an enemy.

Our inaction created the opportunity for the Russians to reenter the Middle East in a powerful way for the first time since 1973.

I don't think Mr. Putin has our best interests at heart.

Trump himself has not laid out a clear agenda on the national security issues that are the most pressing for the United States, from the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan to the deepening Syrian civil war to the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and the flexing of Russian muscles under President Vladimir Putin.

America is not really a strong enough state for us to regard it as an enemy of Russia.

Iran has been one of America's greatest enemies and I'm proud that President Trump is protecting our country and our allies.

Mitt Romney said many years ago that he thought Russia was the single biggest geopolitical threat to the United States and their presence in a variety of conflicts of one type or another have borne out much of what Mitt Romney said.

No matter what President Trump says, Russia is an adversary and a threat - look no further than their invasion of Crimea.