#middle east

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. ↗

— James Buchan

#ago #answer #belated #britain #british

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

Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea, all these. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#asian #black #caucasian #country #eastern

As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#case #comes #day #eastern #equal

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

— Stephen M. Walt

#middle #middle east #thing #well #wonderful

I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#being #between #camels #care #creatures

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity. ↗

— William Hague

#east #every #government #hope #human

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#attention #cannot #days #east #east asia

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#described #east #faction #making #many

For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#centuries #christians #east #jews #middle