Avoided Quote by Zalmay Khalilzad

“Everyone believes that the prospect for a civil war has diminished significantly over the past several days. All the mainstream leaders of Iraq believe that civil war must be avoided. It's very positive that they are all saying it.” quote by Zalmay Khalilzad — Download Open image

“Everyone believes that the prospect for a civil war has diminished significantly over the past several days. All the mainstream leaders of Iraq believe that civil war must be avoided. It's very positive that they are all saying it.”

Zalmay Khalilzad

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (8 ratings)

Avoided Believe Civil war Civilization Iraq Leader Mainstream Over the past Past Very positive War

More by Zalmay Khalilzad

The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state, see the benefits of the current situation. They enjoy an autonomous status in Kurdistan, while at the same time participating in decisions in Baghdad. But if neighboring states were to push for a partition of Iraq,…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

In my job I do my best to look forward.

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization, economic reforms…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

The Sunnis continue to see themselves, possibly for nostalgic reasons, as the most influential group and want a stronger central government - quite unlike…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day I would send him a big bill for what we did. But, seriously, Iran is pursuing a dual strategy in Iraq. On the one hand, the Iranians, after decades of hostility, are now interested in good…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Today we're seeing fundamental conflicts within political Islam, with the fundamentalists on the one side and the moderates on the other. Who gains the…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

During the Cold War era, the issue was the containment of Soviet influence, and we tolerated many an authoritarian regime as long as they…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

The terrorists want civil war. Al-Qaida is attacking Shiites. The Shiite militias are taking revenge on the Sunnis. And the Sunnis are become more…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all…

Zalmay Khalilzad

Image

Explore all 21 Zalmay Khalilzad quotes

More Avoided quotes

I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element,…

Greta Scacchi

Image

Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,…

George Washington

Image

Poetry in love is no more to be avoided than jealousy.

William Wycherley

Image

Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to work away in the Ninevehs of our lives without being so conscious of the coming cataclysm that we are not serious citizens of our communities and nations. By living and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, we are…

Neal A. Maxwell

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

Khaled Hosseini

Image

Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by this dynamic. One's own fear and sense of limitation is avoided by enlarging oneself and one's sphere of control. There is some evidence, for example, that those who enter the death-related professions (soldiers, doctors, priests, and…

Irvin D. Yalom

I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think…

Chuck Noll

Image

If in the words which the Secretary of State has just used, the use of a nuclear weapon is to be avoided 'at all…

Enoch Powell

Image

I've created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I've avoided the digital world.

James Ellroy

Image

Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember…

Epictetus