Pete Hoekstra Quotes

Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks.

A wounded Qaddafi still in power would be an ongoing threat and menace to the rest of the world.

Some leaders think time will solve the problem. Their hope is that Assad's regime will ultimately fall from the heavy toll of the horrors it has spawned. From past experience with such regimes, this scenario is unlikely to happen.

When Colonel Gadhafi started using his air force against civilians on the ground, we did not hesitate. Then we supported the resolution of the Security Council, which introduced arms embargo for Libya.

By ending the Hussein regime, the United States has taken away yet another incubator of terrorism.

The dictator of Iraq will fully disarm or the United States will lead a coalition and disarm him.

As brutal as Saddam Hussein was, it was a mistake to just eliminate him. The same is true for Moammar Gadhafi and for Libya, which is now a failed state.

There are still plenty of fighting forces inside of Syria who want to see Assad go. We should have been helping them from the very beginning.

Hoping to garner the support of the American people, proponents of regime-change wars routinely cite humanitarian concerns to justify military intervention in foreign countries. But here is the reality: As a direct result of our intervention in Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, human suffering increased dramatically.

We got rid of Muammar Gaddafi. I never thought I would be able to write these words.

There is a risk that overt American support for Guaido could shore up Maduro's base and trigger displays of military force, potentially plunging Venezuela into a civil war.

This is a big deal. My wife and I sat in our home and we watched those young men get slaughtered on the streets of Mogadishu in the absence of a plan. It broke our heart.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

The fall of the Syrian regime is in the interest of America and Israel.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

If it was up to the U.N., Saddam Hussein would still be killing his own people.

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.

The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.

Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.

With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now.

Venezuela has changed forever.

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.