Otto Schily Quotes

The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

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

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.

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

I've often said that the ISIS-Syria-Iraq mess is about as bad as it could be.

The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.

The road ahead is not easy. Iraq is currently the center of the war on terror.

The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism.

If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.

The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.

The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other deeper problems.

There is no question that what we are seeing - the horrible advance of ISIS - goes back, if you will, to the original sin of the invasion of Iraq.

Syria is attracting a lot more Westerners than the Iraq War ever did because it's the perfect Sunni jihad.

ISIS is a monstrosity. It didn't come from nowhere. It's one of the results of the U.S. hitting a very vulnerable society - Iraq - with a sledgehammer.

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

What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa.

The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise.

Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.

Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the despots more bloodthirsty and clownish, the violence more extreme, and the conditions of ordinary existence more ghastly.

President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.

Afghanistan and Iraq were lumped together in what was called a 'global war on terrorism.'

Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.

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

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.

The Middle East conflict has become the locus of the final war between Muslims and the West