Crises Quote by Jim Mattis

I think everybody realizes some things went wrong in the Middle East and that most of the terrorism is emanating from that area.

— Victor Davis Hanson

We know that after September 11, there were still terrorists around. We do get continuing information that they're intent on causing some damage and…

— Richard Armitage

I am pleased to see that many of the world's leaders have publicly recognized that the crisis in the Middle East was deliberately incited…

— Alcee Hastings

September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew…

— Randy Forbes

9/11 was a sort of hinge event in American history, and all jihadi terrorist plots or attacks are kind of filtered through that lens.

— Peter Bergen

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

— John F. Kerry

I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.

— Dick Cheney

Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we're…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

“The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war…

— George Packer

I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the…

— Tony Blair

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism…

— Evan Bayh

The President reminded us that the war in Iraq is a central battlefield in the war on terror that began the morning of September…

— Mike Pence