Ahmed Zewail Quotes

There is little doubt that an unstable Syria will destabilize the whole Middle East.

I think the blood is spilling in Syria and it's mostly Muslims.

President Bush was disgusted by the Assad regime's oppression of the Syrian people as well as its support for terrorism, interference in Lebanon, and encouragement of jihadist attacks on Americans in Iraq.

The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy and cause Syria to turn into a second Afghanistan, a base for anti-Israel terrorism.

When you scan the globe's hot spots, every civil war and massacre, every act of terror and every clash between states has its unique local circumstances.

Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

We have no vital national interest in Syria's civil war.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad will inevitably go down. And its collapse will be loud not only in Syria but across the Arab world.

Why is Assad more responsible for all the deaths in Syria than those fighting to overthrow and kill him?

As was true in Iraq and Libya, the United States has no credible government or leader able to bring order, security, and freedom to the people of Syria if Assad is overthrown.

Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done anything he could to stay in power with the full support of the Iranians and including Iranian troops and Hezbollah from Lebanon, which are an Iranian proxy.

The central problem in Syria is that Sunni Arabs will not be willing partners against the Islamic State unless we commit to protect them and the broader Syrian population against all enemies, not just ISIS.

Both sides in Syria are bad. One side is a brutal dictator, and the other includes Islamists and terrorists who are dangerous already and who would be brutal in power if given the chance.

We don't see a peaceful Syria with Assad in there.

If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.

Like a nuclear disaster, the fallout from the meltdown of Syria threatens to be with us for decades, and the longer it is permitted to continue, the more severe the damage will be.

The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies.

Da'esh and Assad are not separate problems.

If Syria disintegrates, God forbid, the whole area will be under threat.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.

I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.

Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.

Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?

ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill the void?