Influence Quote by Pete Hoekstra

The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise.

— Maajid Nawaz

The 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and coalition partners stands as one of the greatest blunders in American history. The Islamic State, also…

— Lawrence Wright

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and…

— Alexander Haig

In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map. Libya was stable. Egypt was peaceful. Iraq was seeing a really big, big reduction…

— Donald Trump

The leaders of ISIS are canny strategists with a solid understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the West.

— Chelsea Manning

The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based…

— Jack Keane

Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.

— Paul Wolfowitz

ISIS takes a long-term approach to its apocalyptic war with West - we have to do the same.

— Will Hurd

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

So in a sense, that little war in the Levant had a horrendous effect in terms of the stability of countries like Saudi Arabia,…

— Michael Scheuer

In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map, Libya was stable, Egypt was peaceful, Iraq was seeing really a big, big reduction…

— Donald Trump

Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

— Richard Engel