Difficult Quote by Jeff Fortenberry

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many…

— Christopher Hitchens

There are moderates in Syria who we should be supporting.

— John Kasich

It's important to reach out to moderate Arab nations, like Jordan and Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

— George W. Bush

The Arab countries in the Middle East have for decades demonized Israel, to Western leadership, which for reasons not entirely clear, listen to them…

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

— Gijs de Vries

Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.

— William Hague

Saying you don't want to enter every potential war in the Middle East doesn't make you an isolationist; it makes you wise.

— Nigel Farage

The situation of any leader in the Middle East is not easy.

— Ehud Olmert

Jihadist organizations attempt to exploit discontent among marginalized groups in unstable societies.

— Tedros Adhanom

I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.

— Naftali Bennett

Iraqis don't trust one another, parties and ministries are run by sects and not by functionaries.

— Lawrence Kaplan