Terrorism Rise Quotes

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

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.

Many of our forces collapsed when Daesh rolled into Iraq.

Barack Obama became president, and he abandoned Iraq. He left, and when he left Al Qaida was done for. ISIS was created because of the void that we left, and that void now exists as a caliphate the size of Indiana.

Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

What happened in Iraq and Syria was that the world remained silent as ISIS expanded.

Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government in Libya. They did it because they wanted to promote democracy. A number of Republicans supported them. Well, the result is, Libya is now a terrorist war zone run by jihadists.

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.

Indeed, by refusing to tackle Assad's brutality, we may actively alienate more of the Sunni population, driving them towards ISIS.

One of the main reasons for the conflict in Syria, and the terrorism that it's spawned, is climate change and drought.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are responsible for the growth of ISIS because they precipitously withdrew from Iraq in 2011 against the advice of every single general and for political expediency.