Jack Keane Quotes

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.

…allies such as Bahrain are liable to use their American made weapons against their own people.

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

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.

If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means making sure that President Assad does not use chemical weapons on his own people.

I've been calling for the support of the Syrian rebels for years.

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

In August 2012, the international community should have been far more determined in dealing with the Bashar Assad regime.

If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see.

Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

It is better for the Arab countries themselves to interfere out of their national, humanitarian, political and military duties and to do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria.

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

Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos.

The threat that Syria might transfer more advanced weapons to Hezbollah has existed for a long time.

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.

We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq.

The United States and its Gulf allies, some of who are actively funding rebel groups in Syria, should undertake a serious joint review of Jordan's needs and then act together to meet them.

Syria cannot continue this way—killing their people

Syria: It’s a messy civil war and we should not be involved in it.

Just when we think it cannot get any worse, the bar of [Syrian] depravity sinks lower.

The United States should propose partition in Syria. Assad can keep what he controls, and the rebels can form local governments and establish a new entity.

The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.

As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu's perspective on the changes and volatility in the region.

On the campaign trail, candidate Trump occasionally raised the idea of creating 'safe zones' for Syrian civilians.