Enemies Quote by John McCain

Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East,…

— Bashar al-Assad

Russia went into Syria basically to support President Bashar al-Assad. And the Western allies have said Russia's really done very little against ISIS. For…

— Corey Flintoff

Russians don't want to fight ISIS in Syria. They want to leave that to us. Aside from that, I don't know what are the…

— Michael McFaul

The Russians have an interest inside of Syria. They want to boost up the Assad regime. They want to give moral support and international…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

I just have to tell you that the provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength. And if Russia chooses to be…

— Mike Pence

The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's what I'm…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They have a…

— Hillary Clinton

Russia is not engaged in a fight against Daesh in Syria. On the contrary, they are actually targeting moderate opposition.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

A desire to contain extremism is a major reason why Putin offered help to the United States in battling the Taliban in Afghanistan after…

— Fiona Hill

The Russians haven't helped us at all in the fight against ISIS. When you total up the numbers of sorties that have been going…

— John R. Allen

The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other people, other…

— Bashar al-Assad

Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the U.S. in Syria, despite the Obama administration's opposition to Moscow's support for…

— David Ignatius