Conflict Quote by Leon Panetta

[the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East

— William Kristol

There's nothing that the United States can do. Nothing that would change systems in the Middle East, nothing the United States can do that…

— Jeffrey Goldberg

We can remove Saddam because that could start a chain reaction in the Arab world that would be very healthy.

— William Kristol

I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran.

— Gary Johnson

Sadly, a U.S. invasion of Iraq 'would threaten the whole stability of the Middle East' - or so Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab…

— Mark Steyn

It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no…

— King Hussein I

The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the…

— Clare Short

I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

— Anonymous

Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight.

— Paul Krugman

It would be a tragedy if the remarkable international coalition against terrorism, successfully marshalled in the aftermath of 11 September, were to fragment over…

— Charles Kennedy

Imagine a world in which you had Saddam Hussein, who had the capacity to make a weapon of mass destruction, who was paying suiciders…

— George W. Bush

What is likely to happen? Either an escalation of violence or an entire change in the whole Middle East theater. It may well happen,…

— Amos Oz