Administration Quote by Bashar al-Assad

This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing…

— Bashar al-Assad

Any American who joins al Qaeda will know full well that they have joined an organization that is at war with the United States.…

— John O. Brennan

Intervention in Syria is not an option. President Obama has already helped foment this civil war and supported the al-Qaeda jihadists. This is an…

— Ron Paul

I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support the rebels…

— John Kasich

Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

— John McCain

If you want to kill the Syrian people, who's going to support us as a government, as officials? No one.

— Bashar al-Assad

I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate…

— Barack Obama

Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that…

— Wesley Clark

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

— George W. Bush

Al Qaeda will always focus on us, the United States. And they will take advantage of any situation.

— Dutch Ruppersberger

They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to…

— John Boehner

I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide.

— Sergei Lavrov