Peter Bergen Quotes

Anytime ISIS takes ground, it's a bad thing.

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.

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

We need to view ISIS as an enemy.

All together, we know for many years that terror is the most dangerous thing for local, regional and international stability.

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

ISIS is in many ways a creation of the Syrian regime.

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

You're always going to have terrorism.

I think it is absolutely correct to solve the problem of terrorism in Iraq and Syria and Libya.

Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family moved for a few years, it was to London in the early years of 'the Troubles.'

The Middle East is a region where extremists go all the way and moderates just go away.

Terrorism often finds a home in states mired in civil war …

One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.

The real threat comes from terrorism.

The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'

The concept of the terrorists is to plunge our country into division.

The answer as to why ISIS gained power and influence, and why stability in the Middle East has disastrously deteriorated, does not require extensive analysis.

ISIS did not come down from the sky. They found the opportunity to grow, and the world allowed them to grow.

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future.

Fundamentalist governments and organizations endanger stability in the world.

We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.

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

I don't think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.