Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.

Doesn't it seem awfully strange that the Iraqi government we support is an ally of the Iranians who are our declared enemies? Are we not now supporting the Iranians by propping up their allies in Iraq?

We [Iran and the United States] have a common destiny in this region [The Middle East].

There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush.

I think we can be confident that U.S. policy toward Poland and thus also our relations will not deteriorate, that at least they will not become weaker.

We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

There is nothing in common between the United States and Saudi Arabia except Israel.

Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. And it's a relationship we should be strengthening, not weakening.

The U.S.-Israel relationship is so important.

Taking stock of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later, the Financial Times concluded that the US won the war, Iran won the peace, and Turkey won the contracts. I can only agree.

If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation.

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework.

Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.

Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries; we know that. And this doesn't change anything.

I have long argued that, if China and the United States were interested in pursuing a strategic partnership, Africa is the best place to start, as neither enters the situation with past colonial baggage, and both possess interests that are quite complementary.

India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense, broad and enduring relationship.

U.S.-Israel relations are often depicted as an extended honeymoon, but that's a false image.

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.