"The Arab Spring is over. The days of……" — Richard Engel

"The Arab Spring is over. The days of the protesters with laptops and BlackBerrys in Tahrir Square are long gone."

— Richard Engel

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84 Quotes by Richard Engel

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I think war should be illegal.
Unfortunately, the American policy towards Pakistan is just to worry and express concern, and that is not a clear policy…
For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis…
Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections.
The U.S. spent years and years and billions of dollars to build the Iraqi army only to watch it collapse…
For eight years, you had the Bush administration with a very interventionist policy, driving into world affairs, driving primarily into…
We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.
When you look at Syria, and you look at all the militant groups on the ground, there are many groups…
Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.
There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected.
War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in…
When students and liberals initially occupied Tahrir Square, it looked like it might be a passing thing.

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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement. — Bashar al-Assad
Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the… — Abu Bakar Bashir
But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab… — Theodore Bikel
The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder… — Conrad Black
I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival. — John Bolton
Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest… — Omar Bongo
The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel… — Alain de Botton
We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot… — Abdallah II
The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands. — Abdallah II
Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born revolutionary who is believed by most Arab and Iranian observers to be the inspiration of… — James Buchan
What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein… — James Buchan
The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say… — Abdallah II

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