#middle east

The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#dependence #east #energy #energy sources #foreign

I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#consider #east #fatal #friend #i

Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#east #enough #essential #feeling #get

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#asia #control #east #gateway #installations

My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to Baghdad, so that was quite amazing. I spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#amazing #around #backwards #baghdad #dad

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks. ↗

— Ron Silver

#attacks #concessions #east #face #forced

Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arabs #authority #compatriots #east #including

Without action, we are going to continue to allow Iran to be a safe harbor for terrorists, see its economy further deteriorate, and see the Middle East further destabilize. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#allow #continue #deteriorate #east #economy

A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#bad #being #east #fed #goes

Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

#middle #middle east #thing #well #wonderful